"Did you like what you saw/see?"

So I heard this in a movie and I'm not sure if it's grammatically correct . . .

Should it be:

  • 1.) "Did you like what you saw?"

or

  • 2.) "Did you like what you see?"

Which one is right, you guys? I'm getting a bit rusty I'm afraid.


It's a matter of tense.

In present tense (ie you are looking at the object now):

Do you like what you see?

In past tense (ie you were looking at the object yesterday):

Did you like what you saw?


'Did' and 'saw' are both in the past tense, so 'Did you like what you saw?' is correct.

'Did you like what you see?' mixes past with present tense, which generally doesn't work.

If the sentence was in present tense, it would be, 'Do you like what you see?'