diff --git a/test_elasticsearch/test_server/test_helpers_vectorstore/__init__.py b/test_elasticsearch/test_server/test_vectorstore/__init__.py
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rename to test_elasticsearch/test_server/test_vectorstore/__init__.py
diff --git a/test_elasticsearch/test_server/test_helpers_vectorstore/conftest.py b/test_elasticsearch/test_server/test_vectorstore/conftest.py
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diff --git a/test_elasticsearch/test_server/test_helpers_vectorstore/docker-compose.yml b/test_elasticsearch/test_server/test_vectorstore/docker-compose.yml
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diff --git a/test_elasticsearch/test_server/test_helpers_vectorstore/test_embedding_service.py b/test_elasticsearch/test_server/test_vectorstore/test_embedding_service.py
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rename from test_elasticsearch/test_server/test_helpers_vectorstore/test_embedding_service.py
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diff --git a/test_elasticsearch/test_server/test_helpers_vectorstore/test_vectorstore.py b/test_elasticsearch/test_server/test_vectorstore/test_vectorstore.py
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rename from test_elasticsearch/test_server/test_helpers_vectorstore/test_vectorstore.py
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diff --git a/test_elasticsearch/test_strategies.py b/test_elasticsearch/test_strategies.py
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@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#  Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+#  license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+#  this work for additional information regarding copyright
+#  ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+#  the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#  not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# 	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+#  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+#  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+#  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+#  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#  under the License.
+
+import pytest
+
+from elasticsearch.helpers.vectorstore import (
+    DenseVectorScriptScoreStrategy,
+    DenseVectorStrategy,
+    SparseVectorStrategy,
+)
+
+
+def test_sparse_vector_strategy_raises_errors():
+    strategy = SparseVectorStrategy("my_model_id")
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        # missing query
+        strategy.es_query(None, None, "text_field", "vector_field", 10, 20, [])
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        # query vector not allowed
+        strategy.es_query("hi", [1, 2, 3], "text_field", "vector_field", 10, 20, [])
+
+
+def test_dense_vector_strategy_raises_error():
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        # unknown distance
+        DenseVectorStrategy(hybrid=True, text_field=None)
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        # unknown distance
+        DenseVectorStrategy(distance="unknown distance").es_mappings_settings(
+            "text_field", "vector_field", 10
+        )
+
+
+def test_dense_vector_script_score_strategy_raises_error():
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        # missing query vector
+        DenseVectorScriptScoreStrategy().es_query(
+            None, None, "text_field", "vector_field", 10, 20, []
+        )
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        # unknown distance
+        DenseVectorScriptScoreStrategy(distance="unknown distance").es_query(
+            None, [1, 2, 3], "text_field", "vector_field", 10, 20, []
+        )