Write the verbs in the preterit tense
to complete the history of graffiti.
Graffiti (originate) ... in Philadelphia in the 1960s.
The first graffiti writers (tag) ...
public property
although they (not be allowed)... to do so. They only
(draw) ... letters at the beginning. In 1970,
"Topcat-126” (bring) ... graffiti tagging to New York
City. The graffiti writers of New York City (begin)
by using the trains but the MTA* (not/approve)
of those tags. To fight against graffiti, young people
under the age of 18 (can/not)
buy paint and dogs
(be) ... used to protect the subway.
*Metropolitan Transportation Authority