Zero affixation

1. What is zero afffixation?
Many words in English can function as a noun and verb, or noun and adjective, or verb and adjective, with no change in form.The meaning is not always the same, but this unit looks at examples where the words do have the same meaning.

What's the answer? (noun)
_ Answer the question (verb)
I must clean my room. (verb)
_ It's a clean room. (adjective)
I don't like the cold (noun)
_ I don't like cold weather (adjective)
I must clean my room (verb)
_ It's  a clean room (adjective)
I didn't reply to the letter (verb)
We queued for half an hour
_ We waited in queue for half an hour.
This orange smells/tastes strange.
_ This orange has got a strange smell/taste.
I didn't know the answer, so I guessed.
_ I didn't know the answer, so I had a guess.

We stayed in Paris for a short time.
_ We had a short stay in Paris.
We rested for a while.
_ We had a short rest.
She braked quickly
_ She put on the brakes quickly.
He needs to diet.
_ He needs to go on a diet.
I'm going to ring him
_ I'm going to give him a ring
I looked in the paper
_ I had a look in the paper.
He pushed me
_ He gave me a push
I dreamt about you last night
_ I had a dream about you last night.