Did you ever?

The basic pattern is
Did you ever + present tense or Did you ever try + present participle

Did you ever eat snails?
or Did you ever try eating snails?
or Did you ever try snowboarding?
or Did you ever go snowboarding?

The correct responses are
Yes, I did
or No, I didn’t

Did you (ever) and Have you (ever) basically mean the same thing. That is, both ask if you have had an experience or done some activity in the past. If you have done that activity even just once the correct answer is an affirmative (‘Yes, I did’ or ‘Yes, I have’).

Did you ever go parasailing?
Yes, I did.

Did you ever drink snake’s blood?
No, I didn’t.

Note:
Did you ever is also used to ask someone about some plans you know s/he had, but you don’t know whether they did that or not. For example, Jeremy hasn’t seen Kermit for three months. Kermit was talking about starting up a frog farm three months ago. Jeremy doesn’t know if Kermit ever started up the frog farm, so when he sees Kermit, he asks, “Did you ever start up that frog farm?” Kermit decided he had ethical objections to frog farming, so he answers, “No, I decided not to.”

Be careful not to confuse Did you ever… with Do you ever…. Do you ever… is used to ask about habits, but they don’t have to be very regular. For example, someone may ask me “Do you ever go skiing?” I may only go skiing once a year, or even once very two years, but even though this is an infrequent habit, the correct answer to “Do you ever go skiing?” in this situation is “Yes, I do.”

The pattern is
Do you ever + present tense
or Do you ever + auxiliary verb + participle

Do you ever ski?
Yes, I go about three times a year.

Do you ever go skiing?
Yes, I go about three times a year.

Note that Do you + verb has a kind of dual meaning. It asks someone both about ability (like can) and habit. So, ‘Do you ski’ means both ‘Can you ski?’ and ‘Do you ski at this point of your life’. If I used to ski, but stopped going as I got older, I may answer, ‘No, but I used to’.

Note: Teachers may also play the Have you ever game using Did you ever as a a substitute for Have you ever.