diff --git a/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/ActionPreference.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/ActionPreference.Tests.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..93675d2e76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/ActionPreference.Tests.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+Describe "Tests for (error, warning, etc) action preference" -Tags "CI" {
+        BeforeAll {
+            $orgin = $GLOBAL:errorActionPreference
+        }
+
+        AfterAll {
+            if ($GLOBAL:errorActionPreference -ne $orgin)
+            {
+                $GLOBAL:errorActionPreference = $orgin
+            }
+        }
+        Context 'Setting ErrorActionPreference to stop prevents user from getting the error exception' {
+            $err = $null
+            try
+            {
+                get-childitem nosuchfile.nosuchextension -ea stop -ev err                
+            }
+            catch {}
+             
+            It '$err.Count' { $err.Count | Should Be 1 }
+            It '$err[0] should not be $null' { $err[0] | Should Not Be $null }
+            It '$err[0].GetType().Name' { $err[0].GetType().Name | Should Be ActionPreferenceStopException }
+            It '$err[0].ErrorRecord' { $err[0].ErrorRecord | Should not BeNullOrEmpty }
+            It '$err[0].ErrorRecord.Exception.GetType().Name' { $err[0].ErrorRecord.Exception.GetType().Name | Should Be ItemNotFoundException }
+        }
+        
+        It 'ActionPreference Ignore Works' {            
+            $errorCount = $error.Count
+            Get-Process -Name asdfasdfsadfsadf -ErrorAction Ignore            
+
+            $error.Count | Should Be $errorCount
+        }
+        
+        It 'action preference of Ignore cannot be set as a preference variable' {           
+            try {
+                $GLOBAL:errorActionPreference = "Ignore"
+                Get-Process -Name asdfasdfasdf
+                Throw "Exception expected, execution should not have reached here"
+             } catch {
+                     $_.CategoryInfo.Reason | Should Be NotSupportedException
+             } finally {
+                $GLOBAL:errorActionPreference = $orgin
+             }
+             
+        }
+
+        It 'action preference of Suspend cannot be set as a preference variable' {            
+            try { 
+                    $GLOBAL:errorActionPreference = "Suspend"
+                    Get-Process -Name asdfasdfasdf
+                    Throw "Exception expected, execution should not have reached here"
+                } catch { 
+                    $_.CategoryInfo.Reason | Should Be ArgumentTransformationMetadataException
+                }
+                finally {
+                    $GLOBAL:errorActionPreference = $orgin
+                }
+        }
+
+        It 'enum disambiguation works' {
+            $errorCount = $error.Count
+            Get-Process -Name asdfasdfsadfsadf -ErrorAction Ig
+
+            $error.Count | Should Be $errorCount
+        }
+
+        It 'ErrorAction = Suspend works on Workflow' -Skip:$IsCoreCLR {
+           . .\TestsOnWinFullOnly.ps1
+            Run-TestOnWinFull "ActionPreference:ErrorAction=SuspendOnWorkflow"
+        }
+
+        It 'ErrorAction = Suspend does not work on functions' {
+            function MyHelperFunction {
+                [CmdletBinding()]
+                param()        
+                "Hello"
+            }
+    
+            try
+            {
+                MyHelperFunction -ErrorAction Suspend
+                Throw "Exception expected, execution should not have reached here"
+            } catch {
+                $_.FullyQualifiedErrorId | Should Be "ParameterBindingFailed,MyHelperFunction"
+            }
+        }
+
+        It 'ErrorAction = Suspend does not work on cmdlets' {
+            try
+            {
+                Get-Process -ErrorAction Suspend
+                Throw "Exception expected, execution should not have reached here"
+            }
+            catch {
+                $_.FullyQualifiedErrorId | Should Be "ParameterBindingFailed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetProcessCommand"
+            }
+        }
+
+        It 'WarningAction = Suspend does not work' {
+            try
+            {
+                Get-Process -WarningAction Suspend
+                Throw "Exception expected, execution should not have reached here"
+            }
+            catch {
+                $_.FullyQualifiedErrorId | Should Be "ParameterBindingFailed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetProcessCommand"
+            }
+        }
+
+        #issue 2076
+        It 'ErrorAction and WarningAction are the only action preferences do not support suspend' -Pending{
+            $params = [System.Management.Automation.Internal.CommonParameters].GetProperties().Name | Select-String Action
+
+            $suspendErrors = $null 
+            $num=0  
+                        
+            $params | % {
+                        $input=@{'InputObject' = 'Test';$_='Suspend'}
+                        
+                        try {
+                            Write-Output @input
+                            } catch {
+                                $_.FullyQualifiedErrorId | Should Be "ParameterBindingFailed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteOutputCommand"
+                                $num++
+                            }
+                    }            
+            $num | Should Be 2
+        }
+}
diff --git a/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/CheckRestrictedlanguage.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/CheckRestrictedlanguage.Tests.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..877bb6ffb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/CheckRestrictedlanguage.Tests.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+Describe "Test restricted language check method on scriptblocks" -Tags "CI" {
+        BeforeAll {
+            set-strictmode -v 2
+            function list {
+
+            $l = [System.Collections.Generic.List[String]]::new()
+            $args | foreach {$l.Add($_)}
+            , $l
+            }
+        }
+        AfterAll {
+            Set-StrictMode -Off
+        }
+
+        It 'Check basic expressions' {
+
+            {{2+2}.CheckRestrictedLanguage($null, $null, $false) } | Should Not Throw  # Succeed with no variables
+        }
+        
+        It 'Check default variables' {
+
+            {{ $PSCulture, $PSUICulture, $true, $false, $null}.CheckRestrictedLanguage($null, $null, $false) } | Should Not Throw
+        }
+
+        It 'Check default variables' {
+            
+            try
+            {
+                {2+$a}.CheckRestrictedLanguage($null, $null, $false)
+                Throw "Exception expected, execution should not have reached here"
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                $_.FullyQualifiedErrorId | Should Be 'ParseException'
+            }
+            
+        }
+
+        It 'Check union of default + one allowed variables' {
+
+            { { 2 + $a }.CheckRestrictedLanguage($null, (list a), $false) }| Should Not Throw  # succeed
+        }
+
+        It 'Check union of default + two allowed variables' {
+
+            { { $a + $b }.CheckRestrictedLanguage($null, (list a b), $false) } | Should Not Throw  # succeed
+        }
+
+        It 'Check union of default + allowed variables' {
+
+            { { $PSCulture, $PSUICulture, $true, $false, $null,  $a, $b}.CheckRestrictedLanguage($null, (list a b), $false) }| Should Not Throw
+        }
+
+        It 'Check union of default + one disallowed variables' {
+
+            try
+            {
+                { $a + $b + $c }.CheckRestrictedLanguage($null, (list a b), $false)   # fail
+                Throw "Exception expected, execution should not have reached here"
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                $_.FullyQualifiedErrorId | Should Be 'ParseException'
+            }
+        }
+
+        It 'Check union of default + one allowed variable and but not allow environment variable' {
+
+            try
+            {
+                { 2 + $a + $env:foo }.CheckRestrictedLanguage($null, (list a), $false)   # fail
+                Throw "Exception expected, execution should not have reached here"
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                $_.FullyQualifiedErrorId | Should Be 'ParseException'
+            }
+        }
+
+        It 'Check union of default + one allowed variable name and allow environment variable ' {
+                    
+            {{ 2 + $a + $env:foo }.CheckRestrictedLanguage($null, (list a), $true)}   | Should Not Throw # succeed
+        }
+
+        It 'Check that wildcard allows env even if the flag is set to false' {
+
+            { { 2 + $a + $b + $c + $env:foo }.CheckRestrictedLanguage($null, (list *), $false)} | Should Not Throw   # succeed
+        }
+
+        It 'Check for restricted commands' {
+        
+            try
+            {
+                {get-date}.CheckRestrictedLangauge($null, $null, $false)
+                Throw "Exception expected, execution should not have reached here"
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                $_.FullyQualifiedErrorId | Should Be 'MethodNotFound'
+            }
+        }
+
+        It 'Check for allowed commands and variables' {
+
+            { { get-process | where name -match $pattern | foreach $prop }.CheckRestrictedLanguage(
+                (list get-process where foreach),
+                (list prop pattern)
+                , $false) }| Should Not Throw
+        }
+}
diff --git a/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/CmdletDeclaration.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/CmdletDeclaration.Tests.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..586af98193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/CmdletDeclaration.Tests.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+Describe "Cmdlet declaration statement" -Tags "CI" {
+    $testData = @(
+        @{ Name = 'Verify non-cmdlet formatted names are allowed';
+           Script = '
+                function foo
+                {
+                    [CmdletBinding()]
+                    param()
+
+                    $a
+                }' },
+                @{ Name = 'Valid cmdlet names case 1';
+                Script = '
+                function foo
+                {
+                    [CmdletBinding()]
+                    param()
+
+                    $a
+                }' },
+                @{ Name = 'Valid cmdlet names case 2';
+                Script = '
+                function get-foo
+                {
+                    [CmdletBinding()]
+                    param()
+
+                    $a
+                }' },
+                @{ Name = 'Valid cmdlet names case 3';
+                Script = '
+                {
+                    [CmdletBinding()]
+                    param()
+
+                    $a
+                }' },
+                @{ 
+                Name ='Using parameter annotation in script cmdlets';                
+                Script = '
+                function get-foo
+                {
+                    param([Parameter(mandatory=$true)]$a)
+                    $a
+                }'},
+                @{
+                Name = 'Cmdlet declaration parameter: should process';
+                Script = '
+                function get-foo
+                {
+                    [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true)]
+                    param([Parameter(mandatory=$true)]$a)
+                    $a
+                }' },
+                @{
+                Name = 'Cmdlet declaration parameter: confirm impact';
+                Script = '
+                function get-foo
+                {
+                    [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true, ConfirmImpact="low")]
+                    param([Parameter(mandatory=$true)]$a)
+                    $a
+                }'},
+                @{
+                Name = 'Cmdlet declaration parameter: defaultparametersetname';
+                Script = '
+                function get-foo
+                {
+                    [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true, ConfirmImpact="low", defaultparametersetname="set1")]
+                    param([Parameter(mandatory=$true)]$a)
+                    $a
+                }'},
+                @{
+                Name = 'cmdlet declaration within as cmdlet';
+                Script = '
+                function get-foo {
+                    [CmdletBinding()]
+                    param()
+
+	            function get-bar
+                    {
+                        param([Parameter(mandatory=$true)]$a)
+                        $a
+                    }
+                }'}
+                @{
+                Name = 'cmdlet declaration within scriptblock';
+                Script = '
+                {
+                    param([Parameter(mandatory=$true)]$a)
+                    $a
+                }'},
+                @{
+                Name = 'cmdlet declaration within scriptblock 2';
+                Script = '
+                {
+                    param([Parameter(mandatory=$true)]$a)
+                    $a
+                }'},
+                @{
+                Name = 'cmdlet declaration within scriptblock 3';
+                Script = '
+                {
+                    [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true)]
+                    param([Parameter(mandatory=$true)]$a)
+                    $a
+                }'})
+
+
+        It '<Name>' -TestCases $testData {
+            param($Name, $script)
+
+            $syntaxerrors = $null
+            
+            $null = [system.management.automation.psparser]::tokenize($script, [ref] $syntaxerrors)
+
+            #Error should not be reported
+            $syntaxerrors.Count | Should Be 0
+        }
+}
+
diff --git a/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/CommonParameters.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/CommonParameters.Tests.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..352820b198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/CommonParameters.Tests.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,373 @@
+Describe "Common parameters support for script cmdlets" -Tags "CI" {
+    BeforeEach {        
+        $rs = [system.management.automation.runspaces.runspacefactory]::CreateRunspace()
+        $rs.open()
+        $ps = [System.Management.Automation.PowerShell]::Create()
+        $ps.Runspace = $rs        
+    }
+
+    AfterEach {
+            $ps.Dispose()
+            $rs.Dispose()
+    }
+
+    Context "Debug" {
+        BeforeAll {
+            $script = "
+                function get-foo
+                {
+                    [CmdletBinding()]
+                    param()
+        
+                    write-output 'output foo'
+                    write-debug  'debug foo'
+                }"
+        }
+
+        It "Debug get-foo" {
+            $command = 'get-foo'                
+            [void] $ps.AddScript($script + $command)            
+            $asyncResult = $ps.BeginInvoke()
+            $output = $ps.EndInvoke($asyncResult)
+
+            $output[0] | Should be "output foo"
+            $ps.Streams.Debug.Count | Should Be 0
+        }
+
+        It 'get-foo -debug' {        
+            $command = 'get-foo -debug'    
+            [void] $ps.AddScript($script + $command)        
+            $asyncResult = $ps.BeginInvoke()
+            $output = $ps.EndInvoke($asyncResult)
+        
+            $output[0] | Should Be "output foo"
+            $ps.Streams.Debug[0].Message | Should Be "debug foo"
+            $ps.InvocationStateInfo.State | Should Be 'Completed'
+        }
+    }
+
+    Context "verbose" {
+        BeforeAll {
+            $script = "
+                function get-foo
+                {
+                    [CmdletBinding()]
+                    param()
+            
+                    write-output 'output foo'
+                    write-verbose  'verbose foo'
+                }"
+        }
+
+        It 'get-foo' {
+            $command = 'get-foo'    
+            [void] $ps.AddScript($script + $command)            
+            $asyncResult = $ps.BeginInvoke()
+            $output = $ps.EndInvoke($asyncResult)
+
+            $output[0] | Should Be "output foo"
+            $ps.streams.verbose.Count | Should Be 0
+        }
+
+        It 'get-foo -verbose' {
+            $command = 'get-foo -verbose'
+                
+            [void] $ps.AddScript($script + $command)        
+            $asyncResult = $ps.BeginInvoke()
+            $output = $ps.EndInvoke($asyncResult)
+
+            $output[0] | Should Be "output foo"
+            $ps.Streams.verbose[0].Message | Should Be "verbose foo"
+            $ps.InvocationStateInfo.State | Should Be 'Completed'
+        }
+    }
+
+    Context "erroraction" {
+        BeforeAll {
+            $script = "
+                function get-foo
+                {
+                    [CmdletBinding()]
+                    param()
+            
+                    write-error  'error foo'
+                    write-output 'output foo'
+                }"
+            }
+
+        It 'erroraction' {
+    
+            $command = 'get-foo'
+            [void] $ps.AddScript($script + $command)
+            $asyncResult = $ps.BeginInvoke()
+            $output = $ps.EndInvoke($asyncResult)
+
+            $output[0] | Should Be "output foo"
+            $ps.Streams.error[0].ToString() | Should match "error foo"
+        }
+
+        It 'erroraction continue' {
+
+            $command = 'get-foo -erroraction Continue'
+            [void] $ps.AddScript($script + $command)
+            $asyncResult = $ps.BeginInvoke()
+            $output = $ps.EndInvoke($asyncResult)
+
+            $output[0] | Should Be "output foo"
+            $ps.Streams.error[0].ToString() | Should match "error foo"
+        }
+
+        It 'erroraction SilentlyContinue' {
+
+            $command = 'get-foo -erroraction SilentlyContinue'
+            [void] $ps.AddScript($script + $command)
+            $asyncResult = $ps.BeginInvoke()
+            $output = $ps.EndInvoke($asyncResult)
+
+            $output[0] | Should Be "output foo"
+            $ps.streams.error.count | Should Be 0
+        }
+
+        It 'erroraction Stop' {
+
+            $command = 'get-foo -erroraction Stop'
+
+            [void] $ps.AddScript($script + $command)
+            $asyncResult = $ps.BeginInvoke()
+            
+            try
+            {
+                $ps.EndInvoke($asyncResult)
+                Throw "Exception expected, execution should not have reached here"
+            }
+            catch {
+                $_.FullyQualifiedErrorId | Should Be "ActionPreferenceStopException"
+            } # Exception: "Command execution stopped because the preference variable "ErrorActionPreference" or common parameter is set to Stop: error foo"
+            
+
+            # BUG in runspace api.
+            #$ps.error.count | Should Be 1
+
+            $ps.InvocationStateInfo.State | Should Be 'Failed'
+        }
+    }
+
+    Context "SupportShouldprocess" {
+        $script = '
+                function get-foo
+                {
+                    [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true)]
+                    param()       
+
+                    if($pscmdlet.shouldprocess("foo", "foo action"))
+                    {
+                        write-output "foo action"
+                    }
+                }'
+
+        It 'SupportShouldprocess' {            
+
+            $command = 'get-foo'
+            $ps = [system.management.automation.powershell]::Create()
+            [void] $ps.AddScript($script + $command)
+            $ps.RunspacePool = $rp
+            $asyncResult = $ps.BeginInvoke()
+            $output = $ps.EndInvoke($asyncResult)
+
+            $output[0] | Should Be 'foo action'
+        }
+
+        It 'shouldprocess support -whatif' {
+
+            $command = 'get-foo -whatif'
+            $ps = [system.management.automation.powershell]::Create()
+            [void] $ps.AddScript($script + $command)
+            $ps.RunspacePool = $rp
+            $asyncResult = $ps.BeginInvoke()
+            $output = $ps.EndInvoke($asyncResult)
+
+            $ps.InvocationStateInfo.State | Should Be 'Completed'
+        }
+
+        It 'shouldprocess support -confirm under the non-interactive host' {
+
+            $command = 'get-foo -confirm'
+            [void] $ps.AddScript($script + $command)
+            
+            $asyncResult = $ps.BeginInvoke()
+            $ps.EndInvoke($asyncResult)
+            
+            $ps.Streams.Error.Count | Should Be 1 # the host does not implement it.
+            $ps.InvocationStateInfo.State | Should Be 'Completed'
+        }
+    }
+
+    Context 'confirmimpact support: none' {
+        BeforeAll {
+            $script = '
+                function get-foo
+                {
+                    [CmdletBinding(supportsshouldprocess=$true, ConfirmImpact="none")]
+                    param()
+                
+                    if($pscmdlet.shouldprocess("foo", "foo action"))
+                    {
+                        write-output "foo action"
+                    }
+                }'
+        }
+
+        It 'get-foo' {
+            $command = 'get-foo'
+            [void] $ps.AddScript($script + $command)
+            $asyncResult = $ps.BeginInvoke()
+            $output = $ps.EndInvoke($asyncResult)
+
+            $output[0] | Should Be 'foo action'
+        }
+
+        It 'get-foo -confirm' {
+            $command = 'get-foo -confirm'
+            [void] $ps.AddScript($script + $command)
+            $asyncResult = $ps.BeginInvoke()
+            $output = $ps.EndInvoke($asyncResult)
+
+            $output[0] | Should Be 'foo action'
+        }
+    }
+
+    Context 'confirmimpact support: low under the non-interactive host' {
+        BeforeAll {
+            $script = '
+                function get-foo
+                {
+                    [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true, ConfirmImpact="low")]
+                    param()
+            
+                    if($pscmdlet.shouldprocess("foo", "foo action"))
+                    {
+                        write-output "foo action"
+                    }
+                }'
+        }
+        It 'get-foo' {
+            $command = 'get-foo'
+            [void] $ps.AddScript($script + $command)
+            $asyncResult = $ps.BeginInvoke()
+            $output = $ps.EndInvoke($asyncResult)
+
+            $output[0] | Should Be 'foo action'
+        }
+
+        It 'get-foo -confirm' {
+            $command = 'get-foo -confirm'
+
+            [void] $ps.AddScript($script + $command)
+            $asyncResult = $ps.BeginInvoke()
+            $ps.EndInvoke($asyncResult)
+
+            $ps.Streams.Error.Count | Should Be 1  # the host does not implement it.
+            $ps.InvocationStateInfo.State | Should Be 'Completed'
+        }
+    }
+
+    Context 'confirmimpact support: Medium under the non-interactive host' {
+        BeforeAll {
+            $script = '
+                function get-foo
+                {
+                    [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true, ConfirmImpact="medium")]
+                    param()
+        
+                    if($pscmdlet.shouldprocess("foo", "foo action"))
+                    {
+                        write-output "foo action"
+                    }
+                }'
+        }
+
+        It 'get-foo' {
+            $command = 'get-foo'
+            [void] $ps.AddScript($script + $command)
+            $asyncResult = $ps.BeginInvoke()
+            $output = $ps.EndInvoke($asyncResult)
+
+            $output[0] | Should Be 'foo action'
+        }
+
+        It 'get-foo -confirm' {
+            $command = 'get-foo -confirm'
+            [void] $ps.AddScript($script + $command)
+
+            $asyncResult = $ps.BeginInvoke()
+            $ps.EndInvoke($asyncResult)
+
+            $ps.Streams.Error.Count | Should Be 1  # the host does not implement it.
+            $ps.InvocationStateInfo.State | Should Be 'Completed'
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    Context 'confirmimpact support: High under the non-interactive host' {
+        BeforeAll {
+            $script = '
+                function get-foo
+                {
+                    [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true, ConfirmImpact="high")]
+                    param()
+        
+                    if($pscmdlet.shouldprocess("foo", "foo action"))
+                    {
+                        write-output "foo action"
+                    }
+                }'
+        }
+
+        It 'get-foo' {
+            $command = 'get-foo'
+            [void] $ps.AddScript($script + $command)
+            $asyncResult = $ps.BeginInvoke()
+            $ps.EndInvoke($asyncResult)
+
+            $ps.Streams.Error.Count | Should Be 1 # the host does not implement it.
+            $ps.InvocationStateInfo.State | Should Be 'Completed'
+        }
+
+        It 'get-foo -confirm' {
+            $command = 'get-foo -confirm'
+            [void] $ps.AddScript($script + $command)
+            $asyncResult = $ps.BeginInvoke()
+            $ps.EndInvoke($asyncResult)
+
+            $ps.Streams.Error.Count | Should Be 1 # the host does not implement it.
+            $ps.InvocationStateInfo.State | Should be 'Completed'
+        }
+    }
+
+    Context 'ShouldContinue Support under the non-interactive host' {
+        BeforeAll {
+            $script = '
+                function get-foo 
+                {
+                    [CmdletBinding()]
+                    param()
+        
+                    if($pscmdlet.shouldcontinue("foo", "foo action"))
+                    {
+                        write-output "foo action"
+                    }
+                }'
+        }
+
+        It 'get-foo' {
+            $command = 'get-foo'
+            [void] $ps.AddScript($script + $command)
+
+            $asyncResult = $ps.BeginInvoke()
+            $ps.EndInvoke($asyncResult)
+
+            $ps.Streams.Error.Count | Should Be 1   # the host does not implement it.
+            $ps.InvocationStateInfo.State | Should Be 'Completed'
+        }
+    }   
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/Delegates.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/Delegates.Tests.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b4900d94b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/Delegates.Tests.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+Describe 'Test for conversion b/w script block and delegate' -Tags "CI" {
+    BeforeAll {
+        function lineno
+        {
+            $myInvocation.ScriptLineNumber
+        }
+
+        function Generate-ArgumentTypesAndParameters
+        {    
+            param([int] $num, [ref] $parameters, [ref]$argumentTypes, [bool]$hasReturn = $false)
+
+            For($j = 1; $j -le $num; $j++)
+            {
+                $ran = Get-Random -Minimum 1 -Maximum 3
+                $type = [Int32]
+                switch ($ran)
+                {
+                    1 { $type = [Int32]; break}
+                    2 { $type = [string]; break}
+                    3 { $type = [Hashtable];  break}
+                }
+
+                $argumentTypes.Value += $type;
+
+                if((-not $hasReturn) -or ($j -lt $num ) )  {
+                    $parameters.Value  += Get-Value($type)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        function Get-Value
+        {
+            param([type] $t)
+
+            if ($t -eq [Int32]) { 100 }
+            elseif($t -eq [string]) { 'abc' }
+            elseif ($t -eq [Hashtable])  {@{a = 'foo'} }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #0 arg, no return
+    It 'System.Action' {        
+        ([System.Action]{ $script:gl=lineno; $args.Length | Should Be 0 }).Invoke()
+        ($gl + 1) | Should Be (lineno)
+    }
+    # multiple args, no return
+    For($i = 1; $i -le 8; $i++)
+    {
+        $str = 'System.Action`{0}' -f $i        
+        Context $str {            
+            $gt = [object].Assembly.GetType($str)
+
+            $parameters = @()
+            $argumentTypes=@()
+            Generate-ArgumentTypesAndParameters $i ([ref] $parameters) ([ref] $argumentTypes)
+            
+            $ct = $gt.MakeGenericType($argumentTypes)
+
+            $func = { $script:gl=lineno; $args.Length | Should Be $i } -as $ct
+            $func.DynamicInvoke($parameters)
+            It '$gl + 2' { ($gl + 2) | Should Be (lineno) }
+        }        
+    }
+
+    #0 arg with return value
+    It 'System.Func[Int32]' {        
+        ([System.Func[Int32]]{ $script:gl=lineno; $args.Length }).Invoke() | Should Be 0
+        ($gl + 1) | Should Be (lineno)
+    }
+
+    It 'System.Func[string]' {        
+        ([System.Func[string]]{ $script:gl=lineno; 'hello' }).Invoke() | Should Be 'hello'
+        ($gl + 1) | Should Be (lineno)
+    }
+
+    It 'System.Func[hashtable]' {        
+        (([System.Func[hashtable]]{ $script:gl=lineno; @{a = 'foo' }}).Invoke()).a | Should Be 'foo'
+        ($gl + 1) | Should Be (lineno)
+    }
+
+    #multiple args, differnt return type
+    For($i = 2; $i -le 9; $i++)
+    {
+        $str = 'System.Func`{0}' -f $i        
+        Context $str {
+            $gt = [object].Assembly.GetType($str)
+
+            $parameters = @()
+            $argumentTypes=@()
+            Generate-ArgumentTypesAndParameters $i ([ref] $parameters) ([ref] $argumentTypes) $true
+            $v= Get-Value($argumentTypes[$i-1])
+            $ct = $gt.MakeGenericType($argumentTypes)            
+            $func = { $script:gl=lineno; $null = ($args.Length | Should Be ($i-1)); $v } -as $ct
+            $t = $func.DynamicInvoke($parameters)
+            It '$gl + 2' { ($gl + 2) | Should Be (lineno) }
+            if ($argumentTypes[$i-1] -eq [Hashtable] )
+            {
+                It '$t.a' { $t.a | Should Be $v.a }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                It '$t' { $t | Should Be $v }
+            }            
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/ForeachParallel.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/ForeachParallel.Tests.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..163ed36b8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/ForeachParallel.Tests.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+Describe "Parallel foreach syntax" -Tags "CI" {
+
+   Context 'Should be able to retrieve AST of parallel foreach, error in regular case' {
+        $errors = @()
+        $ast = [System.Management.Automation.Language.Parser]::ParseInput(
+            'foreach -parallel ($foo in $bar) {}', [ref] $null, [ref] $errors)
+        It '$errors.Count' { $errors.Count | Should Be 1 }
+        It '$ast.EndBlock.Statements[0].Flags' { $ast.EndBlock.Statements[0].Flags | Should Be 'Parallel' }        
+    }
+
+    It 'Should be able to retrieve AST of parallel foreach, works in JobDefinition case' -Skip:$IsCoreCLR {
+        . .\TestsOnWinFullOnly.ps1
+        Run-TestOnWinFull "ForeachParallel:ASTOfParallelForeachOnWorkflow"
+    }
+
+    Context 'Supports newlines before and after' {
+        $errors = @()
+        $ast = [System.Management.Automation.Language.Parser]::ParseInput(
+            "foreach `n-parallel `n(`$foo in `$bar) {}", [ref] $null, [ref] $null)
+        It '$errors.Count' { $errors.Count | Should Be 0 }
+        It '$ast.EndBlock.Statements[0].Flags' { $ast.EndBlock.Statements[0].Flags | Should Be 'Parallel' }        
+    }
+
+    Context 'Generates an error on invalid parameter' {
+        $errors = @()
+        $ast = [System.Management.Automation.Language.Parser]::ParseInput(
+            'foreach -bogus ($input in $bar) { }', [ref]$null, [ref]$errors)
+        It '$errors.Count' { $errors.Count | Should Be 1 }        
+        It '$errors[0].ErrorId' { $errors[0].ErrorId | Should Be InvalidForeachFlag }
+    }
+
+    Context 'Generate an error on -parallel that is not a workflow' {
+        $errors = @()
+        $ast = [System.Management.Automation.Language.Parser]::ParseInput(
+            'foreach -parallel ($input in $bar) { }', [ref]$null, [ref]$errors)
+        It '$errors.Count' { $errors.Count | Should Be 1 }        
+        It '$errors[0].ErrorId' { $errors[0].ErrorId | Should Be ParallelNotSupported }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/TestsOnWinFullOnly.ps1 b/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/TestsOnWinFullOnly.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6239dd914
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/TestsOnWinFullOnly.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+function Run-TestOnWinFull
+{
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param( [string]$name )
+
+    switch ($name) 
+    {
+        "ActionPreference:ErrorAction=SuspendOnWorkflow" {
+            workflow TestErrorActionSuspend { "Hello" }
+    
+            $r = TestErrorActionSuspend -ErrorAction Suspend
+    
+            $r | Should Be Hello
+            break;   }
+
+        "ForeachParallel:ASTOfParallelForeachOnWorkflow" {
+            Import-Module PSWorkflow
+            $errors = @()
+            $ast = [System.Management.Automation.Language.Parser]::ParseInput(
+        'workflow foo { foreach -parallel ($foo in $bar) {} }', [ref] $null, [ref] $errors)
+            $errors.Count | Should Be 0
+            $ast.EndBlock.Statements[0].Body.EndBlock.Statements[0].Flags | Should Be 'Parallel'
+            break;
+            }
+        default {
+            #do nothing
+        }
+         
+    }
+}
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