Tense

Consider this example.
While you were in Japan last year, did you ever eat sushi?

Any questions?

Jonathan Macwhen do we use "did you ever"?please explain thank you.

For one thing, it's in the song "Three Blind Mice".

Three blind mice. Three blind mice.
See how they run. See how they run.
They all ran after the farmer's wife,
Who cut off their tails with a carving knife,
Did you ever see such a sight in your life,
As

With clear time mentioned? Thank you

Jonathan MacWith clear time mentioned?

I don't understand what you mean by this. Nevertheless, "ever" already basically indicates "at any time" (within the event portrayed in the sentence that contains Did you ever?), so if I understand you correctly, the answer is "No, not with an exact time mentioned". Not usually anyway.

CJ

"Well did you ever-what a swelegant elegant party this is!" Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra in HIGH SOCIETY>

----'Next July we collide with Mars -well did you ever!!!!" ETC.?

This strikes me as a variant of 'well I never', which itself is shorthand for something akin to: "well, I never would have expected that."

It's a part of speech, "Did you ever get told off as a child?"

Anonymous It's a part of speech, "Did you ever get told off as a child?"

Only a single word can be "a part of speech". The parts of speech are 'noun', 'verb', 'adjective', and so on.

CJ

I think the previous Anonymous meant that "Did you ever...?" was part of A speech (apparently meaning a spoken sentence), rather than A part of speech.