Here are the completed sentences:

1. Maya wants her neighborhood to recycle plastic bottles, but they don’t.
→ Maya wishes her neighborhood would recycle plastic bottles.

2. It didn’t stop raining heavily all evening.
→ It was raining heavily all evening.

3. It’s a pity I can’t cook as well as my mom.
→ I wish I could cook as well as my mom.

4. The family was driving home at the time of the accident.
→ When the accident happened, the family was driving home.

5. Vietnamese people are greatly proud of their culture.
→ Vietnamese people take great pride in their culture.

6. My school is near my home, so I go to school on foot every day.
→ My school isn’t far from my home, so I go to school on foot every day.

7. I would like my sister to improve her English speaking skills.
→ I wish my sister would improve her English speaking skills.

8. Vietnamese people only eat dried candied fruit at Tet.
→ Dried candied fruit is only eaten by Vietnamese people at Tet.