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Yes, fly is an action verb (fly, flies, flying, flew). The word fly is also a noun; an insect or the closure of a pair of pants.

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Yes, because it can refer to an action, or something one does. "He flew to Boston yesterday, and he does that often." Compare this to what you get with "know", which is not an action verb: *"He knew Sanskrit when he was young, and he still does that." This can be a little tricky, because in this last example, it would be okay to have "... and he still does". It is only "do" with a direct object that gives a good test for action verbs. (Possibly, to pursue this, you could locate the paper "Act", by John Robert Ross.)

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