Can you correct?

1)The weather been fine, we went for a walk.
2) They don’t speak seldom to this engineer.
3) She is far more self-confident than she used to be.
4) While I set there a note was brought me from the house.
5) The teacher asked us to stop talking!
6) The telephone being out of order, I cannot ring up you.
7) I expect the telegram to be sent tomorrow.
8) John never tells the truth. John never tells the truth, does he? John doesn't never tells the truth.
9) the joys and grieves of life –life’s joys and grieves, the gun of the commander-in-chief - the commander-in-chief's gun
10) The ship was sailing slowly along the shore, hundreds of birds circling it.
11) Our chief is expected to take part in it.
12) My friends sometimes like reading those books. Do my friends sometimes like reading those books? My friends sometimes don’t like reading those books.
13) He has spent two hours on this task. Who has spent two hours on this task? On what has he spent two hours?
14) the arrival of the ship –the ship’s arrival, the times of Ivan the Terrible – Ivan the Terrible’s times
15) Ann said, “I should like a cup of coffee”. – Ann asked a cup of coffee.
16) It getting dark quickly, she hurried home.
17) the speech of the Minister of Foreign Trade – Minister’s of Foreign Trade speech
18) The girl said, “Could you show me that hat?” – The girl asked to show her that hat.
19) It was very dark, there being no stars in the sky.
20) the policy of the company –the company’s policy
21) Alice said, “If I were you, I’d stop smoking” - Alice said that if she were him, she would have stopped smoking.
22) This job is too difficult for a student to be completed in a day.
23) The letter been written, she ran to the post-office to mail it.