are these sentences grammatically correct ? Thanks!!

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i have to transforme the sentences

1) I haven't spoken to Jake for a week now
It's a week since I've last spoken to Jake
2) First he cleaned his flat. Then he invited some friends to a drink.
He had cleaed his flat and invited some friends to a drink
3) Jane was in a hurry and she left all the important documents at home.
If Jane wasn't in such a hurry she would'nt have left all the important documents at home.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

1) I haven't spoken to Jake for a week now.
It has been a week since I last spoke to Jake.

2) First he cleaned his flat. Then he invited some friends for a drink.
After cleaning his flat, he invited some friends for a drink.

3) Jane was in a hurry and she left all the important documents at home.
If Jane hadn't been in such a hurry, she wouldn't have left all the important documents at home.

Gosho djack · Answer

Thanks but in 1 and 2 i have the beginning, it's :
1) It's a week since ...
2) He had ...
I have to make sentence with these begginings !!

Mister Micawber · Answer

OK, then try again—your originals are not correct in the places I have indicated ('It's a week' is informal but acceptable.)

Gosho djack · Answer

It 's a week since I last spoke to Jake
He had cleaned his flat , then invited some friends to a drink. ?

Mister Micawber · Answer

The first is OK.

The second does not provide a reason for using past perfect.
He had cleaned his flat when he invited some friends for a drink

Gosho djack · Answer

I have a couple more
1) I wish i had more free time for going to the gym more regulartly.
If I had more free time I would've be going to the gym more often.
2) Marian could play the piano beautifully when she was 7
Marian was capable of playing the piano beautifully when she was 7
3) Do they steele produce the VW Beetle in Germany ?
Is the VW Beetle still being produced in Germany.
4) The burglar was rammaging the house so noisily that the owners woke up and called the police.
So noisily the burglar had rummed the house that the owners woke up and called the police.
5) 'If i were you, I would go there immediately ', Mary said.
Mary suggested that i should go there immediately.
6) 'Do you still visit the theatre so often as in the past?' the journalist asked Ms Swaine
The journalist wanted to know if Ms Swaine still visits the theatre so often.
7) I don't know anyone who plays the quitar better than Jo.
Jo is the best quitar player I know.

Every sentence MUST start that way.

Mister Micawber · Answer

gosho djackI have a couple more

'A couple' is two or three, not seven.

gosho djackEvery sentence MUST start that way.

Which way? The first word? The first two words?

Gosho djack · Answer

1) If I ...
2) Marian was capable ...
3) Is ...
4) So noisily
5)Mary suggested
6) The journalist wanted to know ...
7) Jo is ...

Mister Micawber · Answer

1) I wish I had more free time to go to the gym more regularly.-- The original was incorrect; please frame your answer based on this revision.

2) OK

3) Do they still produce the VW Beetle in Germany? There is a question mark missing from your answer; if you wish us to check your English, you must type more carefully.

4) The burglar was rummaging through the house so noisily that the owners woke up and called the police.-- The original was incorrect; please frame your answer based on this revision.

5) 'I' is always capitalized.

6) 'Do you still visit the theatre as often as in the past?' the journalist asked Ms Swaine.
The journalist wanted to know if Ms Swaine still visits the theatre so often.-- I have underlined the error.

7) I don't know anyone who plays the guitar better than Jo..-- The original was incorrect; please frame your answer based on this revision.

Gosho djack · Answer

1) I wish I had more free time for going to the gym more regularly.
If I had more free time I would've be going to the gym more often.
2) Marian could play the piano beautifully when she was 7
Marian was capable of playing the piano beautifully when she was 7
3) Do they still produce the VW Beetle in Germany ?
Is the VW Beetle still being produced in Germany.
4) The burglar was rammaging the house so noisily that the owners woke up and called the police.
So noisily the burglar had rummed the house that the owners woke up and called the police.
5) 'If I were you, I would go there immediately ', Mary said.
Mary suggested that I should go there immediately.
6) 'Do you still visit the theatre so often as in the past?' the journalist asked Ms Swaine
The journalist wanted to know if Ms Swaine still visits the theatre so often.
7) I don't know anyone who plays the guitar better than Jo.
Jo is the best guitar player I know.
Besides my typing mistakes the originals are given like this in the exercise. Just check my transformed sentences for grammar mistakes. Thank you for your time.

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