Which key combination would allow me to pass parameters to kernel during boot

I want to pass some parameters like the runlevel, nomodeset to kernel during the booting process.

Which key combination would allow me to pass the parameters to the kernel, in redhat it used to just an arrow key to get to the kernel options.

I had tried pressing and holding the shift key during the boot process to go the kernel options according to other posts but they didn't seem to help.

Thanks

hold shift to get to the grub menu, then select the entry you want using up and down, then hit e to the edit mode. It has instructions after that on the bottom of the screen.