First-half goals from Gareth Barry and Emile Heskey helped settled the nerves after a lacklustre start to the game which could have seen Kazakhstan take the lead.
England Cruise to Kazakhstan Win
First-half goals from Gareth Barry and Emile Heskey helped settled the nerves after a lacklustre start to the game which could have seen Kazakhstan take the lead.
But two more goals after the interval - first from Wayne Rooney and then a Frank Lampard penalty - ensured England made it six wins from as many qualifying games and moved Fabio Capello's side closer to qualification for next summer's finals.
Robert Green was given the nod to replace the injured David James in goal, while elsewhere Matthew Upson won the race to fill the defensive void created by Rio Ferdinand's absence.
England were 5-1 winners when the sides met at Wembley last year, but a slow start almost lead to Kazakhstan taking a shock lead inside the opening 30 seconds.
John Terry was forced to hack the ball off his own line after a dawdling Glen Johnson gave up possession and Sergey Ostapenko almost stabbed the ball under the diving Green.
The dangerous Ostapenko then saw a header from a free-kick loop into the net after 17 minutes only for the flag to be correctly raised for offside.
Capello was furious with the leisurely start made by his players but the clearly agitated Italian coach was relieved when his side took the lead five minutes before half-time.
Emile Heskey had already seen one shot strike the post after a poor clearance from the goalkeeper before Gareth Barry broke the deadlock.
The new £12million Manchester City midfielder was picked out on the back post by a short corner routine and he squeezed a header from Steven Gerarrd's cross back across the goalkeeper and into the net.
England were celebrating a second on the stroke of half-time when Gerrard's early lofted ball into the box was deflected and the wrong-footed keeper could only tip it downwards to the waiting Heskey, who slotted the ball into an empty goal.
The half-time scoreline flattered England and it took the wind out of the Kazakhstan sails.
Their tempo visibly dropped in the second half and the visitors could and should have taken greater advantage.
However, sloppy passing and a lack of urgency meant a third goal did not arrive until midway through the second half.
This time it was Rooney who benefited as he swivelled and hooked the ball over the line from close range after his initial bundled attempt had been bravely blocked by the diving keeper.
England added an undeserved gloss to the final scoreline five minutes later when Heskey was wrestled to the ground in the penalty area and Lampard smashed home the spot-kick.