Put the verb in the right form: gerund with/without preposition or infinitive with to (active or passive). 1) they don’t allow us … to strangers. (talk) 2) the committee recommended the law … . (overrule) 3) we are only permitted … if they ask a question. (speak) 4) they were recommended … this article. (not publish) 5) my friends advised … a lawyer. (hire) 6) the uk continues … commerce. (succed) 7) the uk succeeds … one of the important commercial centres of the world. (remain) 8) the english people started … their national flag “the union jack” long ago. (name) 9) the welsh people have the habit … their mother tongue. (speak) 10) … the thistle as the national emblem of scotland, scotsmen began to wear it on their jackets. (choose)