How many verbs does this text have in the present participle?? i think i have had a very interesting life. i'm 73 now and i don't work anymore. i was in the army for 51 years. i retired when i was 69. i have been to so many countries that i can't remember all of them. i've been to australia six or seven times and to south africa three times. i have also been once to russia but i didnt like it at all: much too cold for me!