diff --git a/test/e2e-common.sh b/test/e2e-common.sh
index 8d95a94afd..902b382dc3 100755
--- a/test/e2e-common.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-common.sh
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ run_test() {
   local desc="$1"; shift
 
   echo "Running $@"
-  $@ || fail_test "failed to $desc"
+  "$@" || fail_test "failed to $desc"
   echo
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e-tests.sh b/test/e2e-tests.sh
index 83dc3ea7fd..1b24e5ade8 100755
--- a/test/e2e-tests.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-tests.sh
@@ -111,4 +111,17 @@ run_test  "show logs" tkn taskrun logs test-template-volume
 run_test  "list pipelineresources" tkn resource list
 run_test  "describe pipelineresource" tkn resource desc skaffold-git
 
+# delete pipeline, pipelinerun, task, taskrun, and pipelineresource
+run_test  "delete pipeline" tkn pipeline delete output-pipeline -f
+run_test  "delete pipelinerun" tkn pipelinerun delete output-pipeline-run -f
+run_test  "delete resource" tkn resource delete skaffold-git -f
+run_test  "delete task" tkn task delete create-file -f
+run_test  "delete taskrun" tkn taskrun delete test-template-volume -f
+
+# confirm deletion (TODO: Add task test when added desc or logs to task command)
+must_fail  "describe deleted pipeline" tkn pipeline describe output-pipeline
+must_fail  "describe deleted pipelinerun" tkn pipelinerun describe output-pipeline-run
+must_fail  "describe deleted resource" tkn resource describe skaffold-git
+must_fail  "show logs deleted taskrun" tkn taskrun logs test-template-volume
+
 success