Can is an auxiliary verb. It is not used in the past continuous.
I can dance.
I was dancing.
I was dancing because I can dance.
For the present continuous form "is meaning" or "are meaning," the past continuous form are "was meaning" and "were meaning."(For the verb to mean, the simple past tense is meant.)
The past form of live is lived (past simple - lived; past continuous - was/were living; past perfect - had lived; past perfect continuous - had been living).
This form of the verb can be used in more tenses: present participle, present continuous, past continuous, past perfect continuous, future perfect continuous, future continuous, present perfect continuous.
Every verb has a past, present, and future tense. Each past, present, and future tense also has a perfect form, progressive (continuous) form, and a perfect continuous form.
Continuous or progressive tenses use "be" and the "ing" form of a verb. "I / He / She was joining." "You / We / They were joining."
The five forms of a verb in the past tense are simple past, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous, and past perfect progressive. Each form conveys a specific aspect of an action or event that occurred in the past.
"Was moved." This is the past progressive (past continuous) and uses the -ed form.
was/were sleeping = Past Continuous Tense
The past forms of "live" are "lived" for the simple past and "have lived" for the present perfect.
"Standing" is the present participle form of the verb "stand," indicating an ongoing action. "Stood" is the past tense form of the verb "stand," referring to an action that occurred in the past and is now completed.
The form of a verb, ending in 'ed' in English is used in forming perfect and passive tenses. The simple past is 'I treated'. The past continuous is 'I was treating'. The past perfect continuous is ' I have been treating'. The past subjunctive is 'I treated'. The past perfect subjunctive is 'I had treated'
The past of cut is cutThe past participle of cut is cutThe present participle of cut is cutting.The present continuous is formed with -- am/is/are + present participleSo for cutting present continuous is -- am cutting, is cutting, are cuttingThe past continuous is formed with -- was/were + present participleSo for cutting past continuous is -- was cutting, were cutting