diff --git a/dpctl/_sycl_context.pyx b/dpctl/_sycl_context.pyx
index aefa6d301f..1cc1a5ac3b 100644
--- a/dpctl/_sycl_context.pyx
+++ b/dpctl/_sycl_context.pyx
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 cdef class SyclContextCreationError(Exception):
     """
     A ``SyclContextCreationError`` exception is raised
-    when :class:`.SyclContext` could not created.
+    when :class:`.SyclContext` could not be created.
     """
     pass
 
diff --git a/dpctl/_sycl_device.pyx b/dpctl/_sycl_device.pyx
index 96efc310c3..419ed2b9fb 100644
--- a/dpctl/_sycl_device.pyx
+++ b/dpctl/_sycl_device.pyx
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ __all__ = [
 cdef class SyclDeviceCreationError(Exception):
     """
     A ``SyclDeviceCreationError`` exception is raised when
-    :class:`.SyclDevice` instance could not created.
+    :class:`.SyclDevice` instance could not be created.
     """
     pass
 
diff --git a/dpctl/tests/test_utils.py b/dpctl/tests/test_utils.py
index fac9f41a7b..197e17b81a 100644
--- a/dpctl/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/dpctl/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def test_order_manager():
     try:
         q = dpctl.SyclQueue()
     except dpctl.SyclQueueCreationError:
-        pytest.skip("Queue could not created for default-selected device")
+        pytest.skip("Queue could not be created for default-selected device")
     _som = dpctl.utils.SequentialOrderManager
     _mngr = _som[q]
     assert isinstance(_mngr.num_host_task_events, int)
diff --git a/examples/cython/usm_memory/scripts/bench.py b/examples/cython/usm_memory/scripts/bench.py
index 7a234c83cb..100c11be4b 100644
--- a/examples/cython/usm_memory/scripts/bench.py
+++ b/examples/cython/usm_memory/scripts/bench.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def gen_option_params(
         continue
 
 if not queues:
-    print("No queues could not created, nothing to do.")
+    print("No queues could be created, nothing to do.")
     exit(0)
 
 opt_params_list = []