diff --git a/test/parser/hive/syntax/fixtures/alterTable.sql b/test/parser/hive/syntax/fixtures/alterTable.sql
index e2bb4a5..743e32d 100644
--- a/test/parser/hive/syntax/fixtures/alterTable.sql
+++ b/test/parser/hive/syntax/fixtures/alterTable.sql
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ ALTER TABLE db1.tbl PARTITION (`pt1`=1) ENABLE OFFLINE;
 
 ALTER TABLE db1.tbl PARTITION (`pt1`=1) DISABLE OFFLINE;
 
+ALTER TABLE foo PARTITION (ds='2008-04-08', hr=11) CHANGE COLUMN dec_column_name dec_column_name DECIMAL(38,18);
+
 -- Alter Table/Partition Compact
 ALTER TABLE tbl_com COMPACT 'compaction_type';
 
diff --git a/test/parser/hive/syntax/fixtures/describe.sql b/test/parser/hive/syntax/fixtures/describe.sql
index cc9981e..770c498 100644
--- a/test/parser/hive/syntax/fixtures/describe.sql
+++ b/test/parser/hive/syntax/fixtures/describe.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
 DESCRIBE FORMATTED default.src_table PARTITION (part_col = 100) columnA;
 
-DESCRIBE default.src_thrift lintString.$elem$.myint;
\ No newline at end of file
+DESCRIBE default.src_thrift lintString.$elem$.myint;
+
+DESCRIBE DATABASE EXTENDED db_name;
+
+DESCRIBE SCHEMA db_name;
+
+DESCRIBE CONNECTOR EXTENDED connector_name;
+
+DESCRIBE CONNECTOR connector_name;
diff --git a/test/parser/hive/syntax/fixtures/load.sql b/test/parser/hive/syntax/fixtures/load.sql
index cd24b4d..cf72c8d 100644
--- a/test/parser/hive/syntax/fixtures/load.sql
+++ b/test/parser/hive/syntax/fixtures/load.sql
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ LOAD DATA INPATH 'hdfs://namenode:9000/user/hive/project/data1' INTO TABLE tbl1;
 
 LOAD DATA LOCAL INPATH '/user/hive/project/data1' 
 OVERWRITE INTO TABLE tablename 
-PARTITION (pt1=1, pt2=2)
+PARTITION (ds='2008-04-08', pt2=2)
 INPUTFORMAT 'com.apache.hadoop.textInputFormat'
 SERDE 'JsonSerDe';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/parser/hive/syntax/fixtures/select.sql b/test/parser/hive/syntax/fixtures/select.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71f1cef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parser/hive/syntax/fixtures/select.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+-- Select Syntax
+SELECT col1, col2 FROM table_name_1;
+
+SELECT ALL col3, col4 FROM table_name_2 WHERE amount > 10 AND region = "US" GROUP BY col5 ORDER BY col6 CLUSTER BY col7 LIMIT 2,5;
+
+-- WHERE Clause
+SELECT * FROM sales WHERE amount > 10 AND region = "US";
+
+-- ALL and DISTINCT Clauses
+SELECT DISTINCT col1 FROM t1;
+
+-- Partition Based Queries
+SELECT page_views.*
+FROM page_views
+WHERE page_views.`date` >= '2018-03-01' AND page_views.`date` <= '2018-03-31';
+
+SELECT page_views.*
+FROM page_views JOIN dim_users
+  ON (page_views.user_id = dim_users.id AND page_views.adate >= '2008-03-01' AND page_views.adate <= '2008-03-31');
+
+-- HAVING Clause
+SELECT col1 FROM t1 GROUP BY col1 HAVING SUM(col2) > 10;
+
+SELECT col1 FROM (SELECT col1, SUM(col2) AS col2sum FROM t1 GROUP BY col1) t2 WHERE t2.col2sum > 10;
+
+-- LIMIT Clause
+SELECT * FROM customers LIMIT 5;
+
+SELECT * FROM customers ORDER BY create_date LIMIT 5;
+
+SELECT * FROM customers ORDER BY create_date LIMIT 2,5;
+
+-- REGEX Column Specification
+SELECT `(ds|hr)?+.+` FROM sales;
+
+-- Syntax of Sort By
+SELECT key, value FROM src SORT BY key ASC, value DESC;
+
+-- Distribute By
+SELECT col1, col2 FROM t1 DISTRIBUTE BY col1 SORT BY col1 ASC, col2 DESC;
+
+-- Join Syntax
+SELECT a.* FROM a JOIN b ON (a.id = b.id AND a.department = b.department);
+
+-- MapJoin Restrictions
+SELECT /*+ MAPJOIN(b) */ a.key, a.value
+FROM a JOIN b ON a.key = b.key;
+
+-- Union Syntax
+-- UNION within a FROM Clause
+SELECT u.id, actions.adate
+FROM (
+    SELECT av.uid AS uid
+    FROM action_video av
+    WHERE av.adate = '2008-06-03'
+    UNION ALL
+    SELECT ac.uid AS uid
+    FROM action_comment ac
+    WHERE ac.adate = '2008-06-03'
+ ) actions JOIN users u ON (u.id = actions.uid);
+
+-- Unions in DDL and Insert Statements--Applying Subclauses
+SELECT key FROM (SELECT key FROM src ORDER BY key LIMIT 10)subq1
+UNION
+SELECT key FROM (SELECT key FROM src1 ORDER BY key LIMIT 10)subq2;
+
+SELECT key FROM src
+UNION
+SELECT key FROM src1 
+ORDER BY key LIMIT 10;
+
+-- Unions in DDL and Insert Statements--Column Aliases for Schema Matching
+INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE target_table
+  SELECT name, id, category FROM source_table_1
+  UNION ALL
+  SELECT name, id, "Category159" as category FROM source_table_2;
+
+-- Unions in DDL and Insert Statements--Column Type Conversion
+SELECT name, id, cast('2001-01-01' as date) d FROM source_table_1
+UNION ALL
+SELECT name, id, hiredate as d FROM source_table_2;
+
+-- Sampling Bucketized Table
+SELECT *
+FROM source TABLESAMPLE(BUCKET 3 OUT OF 32 ON rand()) s;
+
+-- Block Sampling
+SELECT *
+FROM source TABLESAMPLE(0.1 PERCENT) s;
+
+SELECT *
+FROM source TABLESAMPLE(100M) s;
+
+-- Subqueries in the FROM Clause
+SELECT t3.col
+FROM (
+  SELECT a+b AS col
+  FROM t1
+  UNION ALL
+  SELECT c+d AS col
+  FROM t2
+) t3;
+
+-- Subqueries in the WHERE Clause
+SELECT A
+FROM T1
+WHERE EXISTS (SELECT B FROM T2 WHERE T1.X = T2.Y);
+
+-- explode (array)
+SELECT tf.* FROM (SELECT 0) t lateral view explode(ARRAY('A','B','C')) tf AS col;
+-- explode (map)
+SELECT tf.* FROM (SELECT 0) t lateral view explode(map('A',10,'B',20,'C',30)) tf AS KEY,VALUE;
+-- posexplode (array)
+SELECT tf.* FROM (SELECT 0) t lateral view posexplode(ARRAY('A','B','C')) tf AS pos,val;
+-- inline (array of structs)
+SELECT tf.* FROM (SELECT 0) t lateral view inline(ARRAY(STRUCT('A',10,DATE '2015-01-01'),STRUCT('B',20,DATE '2016-02-02'))) tf AS col1,col2,col3;
+-- stack (values)
+SELECT tf.* FROM (SELECT 0) t lateral view stack(2,'A',10,DATE '2015-01-01','B',20,DATE '2016-01-01') tf AS col0,col1,col2;
+
+
+-- Lateral View Syntax
+SELECT adid, count(1)
+FROM pageAds LATERAL VIEW explode(adid_list) adTable AS adid
+GROUP BY adid;
+
+-- Multiple Lateral Views
+SELECT * FROM exampleTable
+LATERAL VIEW explode(col1) myTable1 AS myCol1
+LATERAL VIEW explode(myCol1) myTable2 AS myCol2;
+
+-- Outer Lateral Views
+SELECT * FROM src LATERAL VIEW explode(array()) C AS a limit 10;
+SELECT * FROM src LATERAL VIEW OUTER explode(array()) C AS a limit 10;
+
+-- Windowing and Analytics Functions
+SELECT a, COUNT(b) OVER (PARTITION BY c, d)
+FROM T;
+
+SELECT a, SUM(b) OVER (PARTITION BY c, d ORDER BY e, f)
+FROM T;
+
+SELECT a, AVG(b) OVER (PARTITION BY c ORDER BY d ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING)
+FROM T;
+
+SELECT a, SUM(b) OVER w
+FROM T
+WINDOW w AS (PARTITION BY c ORDER BY d ROWS UNBOUNDED PRECEDING);
+
+SELECT a, LEAD(a) OVER (PARTITION BY b ORDER BY C)
+FROM T;
+
+SELECT a, LAG(a, 3, 0) OVER (PARTITION BY b ORDER BY C)
+FROM T;
+
+SELECT a, COUNT(distinct a) OVER (PARTITION BY b)
+FROM T;
+
+-- Common Table Expression
+-- chaining CTEs
+WITH q1 AS ( SELECT key FROM q2 WHERE key = '5'),
+q2 AS ( SELECT key FROM src WHERE key = '5')
+SELECT * FROM (SELECT key FROM q1) a;
+  
+-- union example
+WITH q1 AS (SELECT * FROM src WHERE key= '5'),
+q2 AS (SELECT * FROM src s2 WHERE key = '4')
+SELECT * FROM q1 union all SELECT * FROM q2;
+
+-- view example
+CREATE VIEW v1 AS
+WITH q1 AS ( SELECT key FROM src WHERE key = '5')
+SELECT * FROM q1;
+SELECT * FROM v1;
+  
+-- view example, name collision
+CREATE VIEW v1 AS
+WITH q1 AS ( SELECT key FROM src WHERE key = '5')
+SELECT * FROM q1;
+WITH q1 AS ( SELECT key FROM src WHERE key = '4')
+SELECT * FROM v1;
+
+-- GROUPING SETS clause
+-- GROUPING SET queries and the equivalent GROUP BY queries
+SELECT a, b, SUM(c) FROM tab1 GROUP BY a, b GROUPING SETS ( (a,b) );
+
+SELECT a, b, SUM( c ) FROM tab1 GROUP BY a, b GROUPING SETS ( (a, b), a, b, ( ) );
+
+-- Grouping__ID function
+SELECT key, value, GROUPING__ID, count(*)
+FROM T1
+GROUP BY key, value WITH ROLLUP;
+
+-- Grouping function
+SELECT key, value, GROUPING__ID,
+  grouping(key, value), grouping(value, key), grouping(key), grouping(value),
+  count(*)
+FROM T1
+GROUP BY key, value WITH ROLLUP;
+
+-- LanguageManual Explain -- EXPLAIN Syntax
+EXPLAIN
+FROM src INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE dest_g1 SELECT src.key, sum(substr(src.value,4)) GROUP BY src.key;
+
+-- LanguageManual Explain -- The CBO Clause
+EXPLAIN CBO
+WITH customer_total_return AS
+(SELECT sr_customer_sk AS ctr_customer_sk,
+  sr_store_sk AS ctr_store_sk,
+  SUM(SR_FEE) AS ctr_total_return
+  FROM store_returns, date_dim
+  WHERE sr_returned_date_sk = d_date_sk
+    AND d_year =2000
+  GROUP BY sr_customer_sk, sr_store_sk)
+SELECT c_customer_id
+FROM customer_total_return ctr1, store, customer
+WHERE ctr1.ctr_total_return > (SELECT AVG(ctr_total_return)*1.2
+FROM customer_total_return ctr2
+WHERE ctr1.ctr_store_sk = ctr2.ctr_store_sk)
+  AND s_store_sk = ctr1.ctr_store_sk
+  AND s_state = 'NM'
+  AND ctr1.ctr_customer_sk = c_customer_sk
+ORDER BY c_customer_id
+LIMIT 100;
+
+-- LanguageManual Explain -- The AST Clause
+EXPLAIN AST
+FROM src INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE dest_g1 SELECT src.key, sum(substr(src.value,4)) GROUP BY src.key;
+
+-- LanguageManual Explain -- The DEPENDENCY Clause
+EXPLAIN DEPENDENCY
+  SELECT key, count(1) FROM srcpart WHERE ds IS NOT NULL GROUP BY key;
+
+-- LanguageManual Explain -- The AUTHORIZATION Clause
+EXPLAIN AUTHORIZATION
+  SELECT * FROM src JOIN srcpart;
+
+-- LanguageManual Explain -- The LOCKS Clause
+EXPLAIN LOCKS UPDATE target SET b = 1 WHERE p IN (SELECT t.q1 FROM source t WHERE t.a1=5);
+
+-- LanguageManual Explain -- User-level Explain Output
+EXPLAIN select sum(hash(key)), sum(hash(value)) from src_orc_merge_test_part where ds='2012-01-03' and ts='2012-01-03+14:46:31';
diff --git a/test/parser/hive/syntax/selectStatement.test.ts b/test/parser/hive/syntax/selectStatement.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b202f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parser/hive/syntax/selectStatement.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import HiveSQL from '../../../../src/parser/hive';
+import { readSQL } from '../../../helper';
+
+const parser = new HiveSQL();
+
+const features = {
+    selects: readSQL(__dirname, 'select.sql'),
+};
+
+describe('HiveSQL Select Syntax Tests', () => {
+    features.selects.forEach((select) => {
+        it(select, () => {
+            expect(parser.validate(select).length).toBe(0);
+        });
+    });
+});