Verb ending in…

How to make the simple past

Examples

e

Add -d

live → lived

move → moved

Consonant+y

Change y to I, then add -ed

try → tried

cry → cried

One vowel + one consonant (but NOT w or y)

Double the consonant, then add -ed

drop → dropped

chat → chatted

Anything else including w

Add -ed

boil → boiled

hand → handed

play → played