curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-how-to-talk-about-past-activities/66d9ca90c4b01740121ccc90.md
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Which option uses the word deployed correctly?
The company deploy the new software last month.
This sentence should use the past form deployed to show that the action happened in the past.
The company will deployed the new software.
Deployed is the past form and shouldn't be used with will, which indicates the future.
The company deploying the new software last month.
Deploying is the continuous form and does not fit with the time expression last month.
The company deployed the new software last month.
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Deploy means to put something into use or operation. It often refers to making software or an update available to users. For example:
The team will deploy the new version next week. - The new version will be made available to users next week.
When talking about something that has already been made available or put into use, use the past form deployed. For example:
They deployed the update yesterday. - The update was made available yesterday.