diff --git a/tests/test_sbd.py b/tests/test_sbd.py
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+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+from spacy.en import English
+
+import pytest
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def EN():
+    return English()
+
+
+def test_single_period(EN):
+    string = 'A test sentence.'
+    words = EN(string)
+    assert len(words) == 4
+    assert list(words.sents) == [(0, 4)]
+
+
+def test_single_no_period(EN):
+    string = 'A test sentence'
+    words = EN(string)
+    assert len(words) == 3
+    assert list(words.sents) == [(0, 3)]
+
+
+def test_single_exclamation(EN):
+    string = 'A test sentence!'
+    words = EN(string)
+    assert len(words) == 4
+    assert list(words.sents) == [(0, 4)]
+
+
+def test_single_question(EN):
+    string = 'A test sentence?'
+    words = EN(string, tag=False, parse=False)
+    assert len(words) == 4
+    assert list(words.sents) == [(0, 4)]
+
+
+def test_(EN):
+    string = 'A test sentence?'
+    words = EN(string, tag=False, parse=False)
+    assert len(words) == 4
+    assert list(words.sents) == [(0, 4)]