B1 · Intermediate Chapter 32

Passive Voice

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Chapter in 30 Seconds

Master the art of de-emphasizing the actor to highlight the action itself in Kazakh.

  • Identify passive suffixes like -yl/-il and -yn/-in.
  • Transform active sentences into passive constructions.
  • Apply the passive voice in formal and professional contexts.
Focus on the action, not the actor.

What You'll Learn

Shifting focus to the action rather than the actor. Using passive constructions in formal writing.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

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    By the end you will be able to: correctly apply passive suffixes to verbs to shift sentence focus.

Tips & Tricks (4)

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Vowel Harmony

Always check the last vowel of the stem.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive Suffixes
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Check the stem

Always look at the last letter of the verb stem to choose the right suffix.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive Sentence Structure
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Check the stem

Always look at the last letter of the verb stem to choose the right suffix.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive Usage
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Check Vowel Harmony

Always check the last vowel of the verb stem before adding -yl or -il.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Agentive Passive

Key Vocabulary (5)

жазылу to be written құрылу to be built/formed аяқталу to be finished таратылу to be distributed тарапынан by (the side of)

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Review Summary

  • Root + (-ыл/-іл/-ын/-ін)
  • Subject + [Agent] + тарапынан + Verb-passive

Common Mistakes

You cannot be the subject of a passive sentence if you are the agent. The object must become the subject.

Wrong: Мен есепті жазылдым.
Correct: Есеп мен тарапынан жазылды.

Forgetting to add the passive suffix to the verb.

Wrong: Ол үй салды.
Correct: Үй салынды.

Confusing causative (-дыр/-тыр) with passive (-ыл/-іл).

Wrong: Хат жаздырды.
Correct: Хат жазылды.

Next Steps

You've made great progress! Keep practicing these structures in your daily writing to gain fluency.

Rewrite a news headline into passive voice

Continue to: Gerunds and Infinitives

Quick Practice (10)

Choose the correct passive form.

Үй ___.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
салынды is the passive form.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive Usage

Which is passive?

Select the passive sentence.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Үй салынды
Contains the passive suffix.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive Sentence Structure

Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

Мен хат жазылдым.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Хат жазылды
Passive cannot have a human subject.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive Sentence Structure

Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

Ол барды (passive).

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: b
Intransitive verbs cannot be passive.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive Usage

Fix the error.

Find and fix the mistake:

Tamaq isil.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Tamaq isildi
Missing tense.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive Suffixes

Choose the correct sentence.

Which sentence is correct?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
Agentive passive requires tarapynan.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Agentive Passive

Choose the correct form.

Zang ___.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: qabyldandy
Correct tense.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive Suffixes

Fill in the correct passive suffix.

Хат жаз___.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
Consonant stem requires -ыл.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive Usage

Fix the error.

Find and fix the mistake:

Men jazyldym.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Hat jazyldy
Passive is for objects.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive Suffixes

Fill in the blank with the correct passive form of 'жазу'.

Хат ___.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: жазылды
Past tense passive.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive Sentence Structure

Score: /10

Common Questions (6)

It is a way to focus on the object.
Add -yl/-il to the stem.
No, only transitive verbs can be made passive.
Passive is done by someone else; reflexive is done to oneself.
It is a grammatical construction where the subject receives the action.
Add -yl/-il to consonant stems and -n to vowel stems.
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