• Complete the following passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. You may need to change the order of the words in brackets. ║ In the 1950s, teenage culture (1) ...................... (begin) to gain an identity of its own, partly due to the influence of the new media. From that time onwards until today, consumerism and mass entertainment (2) ...................... (sustain) a shared culture for children. They (3) ...................... (also/create) a generation gap between children and parents even more significant than the gap between different classes. Advertisers (4)...................... (be) quick to seize on this as soon as it (5) ...................... (emerge). Consequently, with higher standards of living, children (6) ...................... (become) consumers of technical goods, toys, leisure services, and much more.