Question

Please help!!

Which is the best version of the underlined portion of

sentence 3 (reproduced below)?

Much of the freight their trucks carried in the early years

were fruit grown in the San Joaquin valley.

A. (as it is now)

B. have been

C. are

D. was

Answer 1

Much of the freight their trucks carried in the early years was fruit grown in the San Joaquin valley.