Choose the proper tense: past perfect or past perfect continuous. when mother got home she found that little kitty (paint) her room. she (paint) two walls red and one wall yellow. 3. it (rain) for several days before the wind changed. jane told me she (write) regulary to her granny, but (not, receive) any answer. we (cook) all day for the party that evening but by 8 o'clock in the evening jane (not, finish) laying the table yet.