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Did you play? vs Did you played?

'Did you play?' is the proper English phrasing. The verb 'play' is in the base form after the auxiliary verb 'did'. The incorrect phrase 'did you played?' uses the past tense form of the verb 'played' after 'did', which is grammatically incorrect.
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Did you play?

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to ask someone if they played a game or sport in the past.

Examples:

  • Did you play soccer yesterday?
  • Did you play the piano when you were younger?
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Did you played?

This phrase is grammatically incorrect.

  • ... 10 mo. ago. Volnargan. ADMIN MOD. Join. Options. Report. How many hours did you played on this game ? Discussion. Upvote 15. Downvote 57 Go ...
  • Sep 8, 2021 ... ... Reply reply. Award Share. SerSmolischdehuso. OP • 3y ago •. How many playtrough did you played. Upvote 4. Downvote Reply reply. Award
  • Nov 8, 2023 ... Which difficulty did you played for campaign? Is "very hard" difficulty somewhat playable and balanced? Which difficulty did you guys enjoy ...
  • Aug 6, 2023 ... How many hours did you played rdr2 so far? Me : 173.8 hours. Archived post. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Upvote 34
  • Sep 20, 2016 ... golden-witch-of-rokkenjima-1986 said: Hi, how did you played the pachinko game and where did you get it? (or lol did you just translated the ...
  • Apr 10, 2013 ... Did you played tennis yesterday? Thread starter ankur.vyas1; Start date Apr 10, 2013; Views : 19,058. Status: Not open for further replies. A ...
  • Oct 27, 2016 ... How did you played with voiceless skits? Seriously, they are unbearable to me... I play with Japanese voices because i can't stand unvoiced ...
  • Nov 30, 2013 ... Chris did you played Diablo 2 and how much you play POE? Im fuking sad man. Diablo 3 made me sad and now Poe. What are you doing with this ...
  • Mar 31, 2019 ... 1-Where did you play? 2-where did you played? grammar · Share.

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