In the week of a Caesar switch-up that devastated ancient history students and wild weather that knocked out half a dozen campuses for a day , students across Queensland also faced the state’s biggest exam.

Almost 28,000 year 12 students sat their external English exams on Tuesday, with a passing grade in the subject mandatory for their Queensland Certificate of Education.

In Brisbane’s west, students at The Gap State High School said they felt well-prepared for the test, even finding the questions “not too hard”.

The Gap State High School Students Ella Gjerek (left) and Amelia Lynch (right). Credit: Catherine Strohfeldt

“We’d studied Macbeth for the past term, [and] they’ve been using Macbeth for a long time, so it’s a little bit nerve-racking to see what questions they’ve c

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