A gerund is basically a verb that ends in ‘ing’
For example : James loves singing.
The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "1 Ivan Ilyich tries to read a Zola novel while convincing himself that he is healing, but his pain returns worse than ever."<span> the correct order of events in Ivan Ilyich’s life as depicted in chapters 5–8 of Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich.</span>
