Use the simple past form of the verbs to complete the information about some gadgets that were popular in the 1980s.

a) Verbs in the simple past:
Come out
Generate

The Polaroid® instant camera _______________ a film image one minute after the picture was taken. The first model_______________ at the end of 1948, just in time for Christmas sales

b)verbs in the simple past:
become
grow
have
Boomboxes _______________ in popularity in the 1980s. They_______________ radio, a cassete and/ or CD player , two large loudspeakers and a handle. They _______________ a status symbol in that decade - the more extravagant your audio equipament, the more popular you were!

c) verbs in the simple past:
be
develop
play
record

VCRs- or video cassette recorders - _______________ devices that _______________ back tapes and _______________ video from television. Japanese companies such as JVC, Panasonic, and Sony _______________ them on tje 1970s, but sales only boomed in the 1980s.