diff --git a/src/pester-tests/Get-HelloWorld.Tests.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/Get-HelloWorld.Tests.ps1
deleted file mode 100644
index eac96930e6..0000000000
--- a/src/pester-tests/Get-HelloWorld.Tests.ps1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-"starting test script" | out-host
-
-$here = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
-$here | out-host
-$sut = (Split-Path -Leaf $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path).Replace(".Tests.", ".")
-$sut | out-host
-. "$here\$sut"
- 
-Describe "Get-HelloWorld" {
-    It "outputs 'Hello world!'" {
-        Get-HelloWorld | Should Be 'Hello world!'
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/pester-tests/Get-HelloWorld.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/Get-HelloWorld.ps1
deleted file mode 100644
index c89b09a965..0000000000
--- a/src/pester-tests/Get-HelloWorld.ps1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-function Get-HelloWorld {
-   'Hello world!'
-}
diff --git a/src/pester-tests/Test-Environment-Variables.Tests.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/Test-Environment-Variables.Tests.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3be444e566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pester-tests/Test-Environment-Variables.Tests.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+$here = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
+$sut = (Split-Path -Leaf $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path).Replace(".Tests.", ".")
+. "$here\$sut"
+
+Describe "Test-Environment-Variables" {
+    It "Should have environment variable" {
+        Get-Item ENV: | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+    }
+
+    It "Should be able to access the members of the environment variable in two ways" {
+        (Get-Item ENV:HOME).Value     | Should be "/root"
+	(Get-Item ENV:HOSTNAME).Value | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+	(Get-Item ENV:PATH).Value     | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+
+        (ls ENV:HOME).Value     | Should be "/root"
+	(ls ENV:HOSTNAME).Value | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+	(ls ENV:PATH).Value     | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/pester-tests/Test-Environment-Variables.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/Test-Environment-Variables.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..983948f242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pester-tests/Test-Environment-Variables.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+function Test-Environment-Variables {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Alias.Tests.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Alias.Tests.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b34e52f030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Alias.Tests.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+$here = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
+$sut = (Split-Path -Leaf $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path).Replace(".Tests.", ".")
+. "$here\$sut"
+
+Describe "Get-Alias" {
+    It "Should have a return type of System.Array when gal returns more than one object" {
+	$val1=(Get-Alias a*)
+	$val2=(Get-Alias c*)
+	$i=0
+
+	$val1 | ForEach-Object{ $i++};
+	if($i -lt 2) {
+	    $val1.GetType().BaseType.FullName | Should Be "System.Management.Automation.CommandInfo"
+	}
+	else {
+	    $val1.GetType().BaseType.FullName | Should Be "System.Array"
+	}
+
+	$val2 | ForEach-Object{ $i++};
+	if($i -lt 2) {
+	    $val2.GetType().BaseType.FullName | Should Be "System.Management.Automation.CommandInfo"
+	}
+	else {
+	    $val2.GetType().BaseType.FullName | Should Be "System.Array"
+	}
+
+    }
+
+    It "should return an array of 3 objects" {
+	$val = Get-Alias a*
+	$alias = gal a*
+
+        $val.CommandType | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+        $val.Name 	 | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+        $val.ModuleName  | Should BeNullOrEmpty
+
+	$alias.CommandType | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+	$alias.Name        | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+	$alias.ModuleName  | Should BeNullOrEmpty
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Alias.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Alias.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9bdc128b77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Alias.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+function test-Get-Alias{
+    return Get-Alias a*
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-ChildItem.Tests.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-ChildItem.Tests.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77d34e1a69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-ChildItem.Tests.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+$here = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
+$sut = (Split-Path -Leaf $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path).Replace(".Tests.", ".")
+. "$here\$sut"
+
+Describe "Test-Get-ChildItem" {
+    It "Should list the contents of the current folder" {
+        (Get-ChildItem .).Name.Length | Should BeGreaterThan 0
+
+        (ls .).Name.Length | Should BeGreaterThan 0
+    }
+
+    It "Should list the contents of the home directory" {
+        pushd /usr/
+        (Get-ChildItem .).Name.Length | Should BeGreaterThan 0
+        popd
+
+        pushd /usr/
+        (ls .).Name.Length | Should BeGreaterThan 0
+        popd
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-ChildItem.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-ChildItem.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21395e4bb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-ChildItem.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+function Test-Get-ChildItem {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Content.Tests.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Content.Tests.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0cb48aeea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Content.Tests.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+$here = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
+$sut = (Split-Path -Leaf $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path).Replace(".Tests.", ".")
+. "$here\$sut"
+
+Describe "Test-Get-Content" {
+    It "Should throw an error on a directory  " {
+        # also tests that -erroraction SilentlyContinue will work.
+
+        Get-Content . -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Should Throw
+        cat . -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue         | Should Throw
+        gc . -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue          | Should Throw
+        type . -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue        | Should Throw
+
+    }
+
+    It "Should deliver an array object when listing a file" {
+        (Get-Content -Path .\Test-Get-Content.Tests.ps1).GetType().BaseType.Name | Should Be "Array"
+        (Get-Content -Path .\Test-Get-Content.Tests.ps1)[0]                      |Should be "`$here = Split-Path -Parent `$MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path"
+
+	(gc -Path .\Test-Get-Content.Tests.ps1).GetType().BaseType.Name | Should Be "Array"
+        (gc -Path .\Test-Get-Content.Tests.ps1)[0]                      |Should be "`$here = Split-Path -Parent `$MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path"
+
+    	(type -Path .\Test-Get-Content.Tests.ps1).GetType().BaseType.Name | Should Be "Array"
+        (type -Path .\Test-Get-Content.Tests.ps1)[0]                      |Should be "`$here = Split-Path -Parent `$MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path"
+
+    	(cat -Path .\Test-Get-Content.Tests.ps1).GetType().BaseType.Name | Should Be "Array"
+        (cat -Path .\Test-Get-Content.Tests.ps1)[0]                      |Should be "`$here = Split-Path -Parent `$MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path"
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Content.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Content.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..690b9a05fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Content.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+function Test-Get-Content {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Dates.Tests.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Dates.Tests.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1efa3eccd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Dates.Tests.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+$here = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
+$sut = (Split-Path -Leaf $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path).Replace(".Tests.", ".")
+. "$here\$sut"
+
+Describe "Test-Get-Date" {
+<#
+    1. foreach
+    2.
+#>
+    It "Should return a DateTime object upon being called" {
+        (Get-Date).GetType().Name.Equals('DateTime') | Should Be $true
+    }
+
+    It "Should have colons when ToString method is used" {
+	(Get-Date).ToString().Contains(":")                   | Should be $true
+        (Get-Date -DisplayHint Time).ToString().Contains(":") | Should be $true
+        (Get-Date -DisplayHint Date).ToString().Contains(":") | Should be $true
+    }
+
+    It "Should be able to use the format flag" {
+	# You would think that one could use simple loops here, but apparently powershell in windows returns different values in loops
+
+	(Get-Date -Format d).Contains("/") | Should be $true
+	(Get-Date -Format D).Contains(",") | Should be $true
+	(Get-Date -Format f).Contains(",") -and (Get-Date -Format f).Contains(":") | Should be $true
+	(Get-Date -Format F).Contains(",") -and (Get-Date -Format F).Contains(":") | Should be $true
+	(Get-Date -Format g).Contains("/") -and (Get-Date -Format g).Contains(":") | Should be $true
+	(Get-Date -Format G).Contains("/") -and (Get-Date -Format G).Contains(":") | Should be $true
+	(Get-Date -Format m).Contains(",") -or `
+	  (Get-Date -Format m).Contains(":")  -or `
+	  (Get-Date -Format m).Contains("/") | Should be $false
+
+
+    }
+
+}
+
diff --git a/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Dates.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Dates.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3809810e04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Dates.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+function Test-Get-Date {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Item.Tests.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Item.Tests.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ede9928b1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Item.Tests.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+$here = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
+$sut = (Split-Path -Leaf $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path).Replace(".Tests.", ".")
+. "$here\$sut"
+
+Describe "Test-Get-Item" {
+    It "Should list all the items in the current working directory when asterisk is used" {
+        (Get-Item *).GetType().BaseType | Should Be 'array'
+        (Get-Item *).GetType().Name | Should Be 'Object[]'
+    }
+
+    It "Should return the name of the current working directory when a dot is used" {
+        (Get-Item .).GetType().BaseType | Should Be 'System.IO.FileSystemInfo'
+        (Get-Item .).Name | Should Be 'pester-tests'
+    }
+
+    It "Should return the proper Name and BaseType for directory objects vs file system objects" {
+        (Get-Item .).GetType().Name | Should Be 'DirectoryInfo'
+        (Get-Item .\Test-Get-Item.Tests.ps1).GetType().Name | Should Be 'FileInfo'
+    }
+
+    It "Should return a different directory when a path argument is used" {
+        (Get-Item /usr/bin) | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+        (Get-Item ..) | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Item.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Item.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08164c80e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Item.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+function Test-Get-Item {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Location.Tests.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Location.Tests.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e345fb20cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Location.Tests.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+$here = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
+$sut = (Split-Path -Leaf $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path).Replace(".Tests.", ".")
+. "$here\$sut"
+
+Describe "Test-Get-Location aka pwd" {
+    <#Dependencies:
+        pushd
+        popd
+        $HOME
+
+    #>
+    $winHome = 'C:\Users\v-zafolw'
+    $nixHome = '/home/zafolw'
+    BeforeEach {
+        pushd $HOME #on windows, this is c:\Users\XXXXX; for *nix, it's /home/XXXXX  
+    }
+
+    AfterEach { popd }
+
+    It "Should list the output of the current working directory" {
+        (Get-Location).Path | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+        (Get-Location).Path | Should Be ($winHome -or $nixHome)
+    }
+
+    It "Should be able to use pwd the same way" {
+        (pwd).Path | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+        (pwd).Path | Should Be ($winHome -or $nixHome)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Location.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Location.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cdea068ea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Location.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+function Test-Get-Location {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Member.Tests.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Member.Tests.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54605aade2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Member.Tests.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+$here = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
+$sut = (Split-Path -Leaf $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path).Replace(".Tests.", ".")
+. "$here\$sut"
+
+Describe "Test-Get-Member" {
+    It "Should be able to be called on string objects, ints, arrays, etc" {
+        $a = 1 #test numbers
+        $b = 1.3
+        $c = $false #test bools
+        $d = @(1,3) # test arrays
+        $e = "anoeduntodeu" #test strings
+        $f = 'asntoheusth' #test strings
+        
+        Get-Member -InputObject $a | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+        Get-Member -InputObject $b | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+        Get-Member -InputObject $c | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+        Get-Member -InputObject $d | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+        Get-Member -InputObject $e | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+        Get-Member -InputObject $f | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+    }
+
+    It "Should be able to extract a field from string objects, ints, arrays, etc" {
+        $a = 1 #test numbers
+        $b = 1.3
+        $c = $false #test bools
+        $d = @(1,3) # test arrays
+        $e = "anoeduntodeu" #test strings
+        $f = 'asntoheusth' #test strings
+
+        $a.GetType().Name | Should Be 'Int32'
+        $b.GetType().Name | Should Be 'Double'
+        $c.GetType().Name | Should Be 'Boolean'
+        $d.GetType().Name | Should Be 'Object[]'
+        $e.GetType().Name | Should Be 'String'
+        $f.GetType().Name | Should Be 'String'
+    }
+
+    It "Should be able to be called on a newly created PSObject" {
+        $o = New-Object psobject
+        # this creates a dependency on the Add-Member cmdlet.
+        Add-Member -InputObject $o -MemberType NoteProperty -Name proppy -Value "superVal"
+
+        Get-Member -InputObject $o | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Member.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Member.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4315e54a66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Member.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+function Test-Get-Member {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/pester-tests/Test-Split-Path.Tests.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/Test-Split-Path.Tests.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2cd5ca2f58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pester-tests/Test-Split-Path.Tests.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+$here = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
+$sut = (Split-Path -Leaf $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path).Replace(".Tests.", ".")
+. "$here\$sut"
+
+Describe "Test-Split-Path" {
+<#
+    Dependencies:
+    1. Split-Path - FUT
+    2. ForEach
+    3. Object piping
+    4. ls/Get-ChildItem - filter output of ls
+
+#>
+    It "Should return a string object when invoked" {
+        (Split-Path .).GetType().Name |Should Be "String"
+        (Split-Path . -Leaf).GetType().Name | Should Be "String"
+        (Split-Path . -Resolve).GetType().Name | Should Be "String"
+    }
+
+    It "Should return the name of the drive when the qualifier switch is used" {
+        Split-Path / -Qualifier | Should Be "/"
+    }
+
+    It "Should return the parent folder name when the leaf switch is used" {
+        Split-Path . -Leaf | Should be "pester-tests"
+    }
+
+    It "Should be able to accept regular expression input and output an array for multiple objects" {
+        (Split-Path *Get*.ps1 -Leaf -Resolve).GetType().BaseType.Name | Should Be "Array"
+    }
+
+    It "Should be able to tell if a given path is an absolute path" {
+        (Split-Path /usr/bin -IsAbsolute) |Should be $true
+        (Split-Path . -IsAbsolute) | Should be $false
+    }
+
+    It "Should support piping" {
+        ("." | Split-Path -leaf) | Should Be "pester-tests"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/pester-tests/Test-Split-Path.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/Test-Split-Path.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40781d6a59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pester-tests/Test-Split-Path.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+function Test-Split-Path {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/pester-tests/test-Add-Member.Tests.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/test-Add-Member.Tests.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c4c4ea0ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pester-tests/test-Add-Member.Tests.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+$here = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
+$sut = (Split-Path -Leaf $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path).Replace(".Tests.", ".")
+. "$here\$sut"
+
+Describe "test-Add-Member" {
+   
+    It "should be able to see a newly added member of an object" {
+        $o = New-Object psobject
+        Add-Member -InputObject $o -MemberType NoteProperty -Name proppy -Value "superVal"
+
+        $o.proppy | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+        $o.proppy | Should Be "superVal"
+    }
+
+    It "Should be able to add a member to an object that already has a member in it" {
+        $o = New-Object psobject
+        Add-Member -InputObject $o -MemberType NoteProperty -Name proppy -Value "superVal"
+        Add-Member -InputObject $o -MemberType NoteProperty -Name AnotherMember -Value "AnotherValue"
+
+        $o.AnotherMember | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+        $o.AnotherMember | Should Be "AnotherValue"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/pester-tests/test-Add-Member.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/test-Add-Member.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1eb9372f88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pester-tests/test-Add-Member.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+function test-Add-Member {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/pester-tests/test-New-Object.Tests.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/test-New-Object.Tests.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea7cc516ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pester-tests/test-New-Object.Tests.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+$here = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
+$sut = (Split-Path -Leaf $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path).Replace(".Tests.", ".")
+. "$here\$sut"
+
+Describe "New-Object" {
+    It "should create an object with 4 fields" {
+        $o = New-Object psobject
+        $val = $o.GetType()
+
+        $val.IsPublic | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+        $val.Name | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+        $val.IsSerializable | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+        $val.BaseType | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+
+        $val.IsPublic | Should Be $true
+        $val.IsSerializable | Should Be $false
+        $val.Name | Should Be 'PSCustomObject'
+        $val.BaseType | Should Be 'System.Object'
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/pester-tests/test-New-Object.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/test-New-Object.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13397b05a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pester-tests/test-New-Object.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+function test-New-Object {
+
+}