Practice I: (Cut and Paste)

Open a word processing program and type the paragraph below into your computer:

My sister almost ran twenty-four miles in the marathon race on Sunday. Her performance was remarkable when you consider that she only practised two weeks before the race and never ran more than ten miles.

Now, do the following steps:

• Highlight the word almost.
• Click the Cut button on the toolbar.
• Place your cursor directly before the word twenty.
• Click the Paste button on the toolbar.
• Highlight the word only.
• Click the Cut button on the toolbar.
• Place your cursor directly before the word two.
• Click the Paste button on the toolbar.

Your paragraph should read like this:

My sister ran almost twenty-four miles in the marathon race on Sunday. Her performance was remarkable when you consider that she practised only two weeks before the race and never ran more than ten miles.

Practice II: (Cut and Paste)

Open a word processing program and type the paragraphs below into your computer:

Everyone in our family is extremely proud of her. We now know that, with a little determination, we can also aspire to what she accomplished on Sunday.

My sister ran almost twenty-four miles in the marathon race on Sunday. Her performance was remarkable when you consider that she practised only two weeks before the race and never ran more than ten miles.

Now, do the following steps:

• Highlight the second paragraph.
• Click the Cut button on the toolbar.
• Place the cursor directly before the word Everyone.
• Click the Paste button on the toolbar.

Your paragraphs should read like this:

My sister ran almost twenty-four miles in the marathon race on Sunday. Her performance was remarkable when you consider that she practised only two weeks before the race and never ran more than ten miles.

Everyone in our family is extremely proud of her. We now know that, with a little determination, we can also aspire to what she accomplished on Sunday.

Practice III: (Copy and Paste)

Enter the following text:

I am proud of my sister.

My sister ran most twenty-four miles in the marathon race on Sunday. Her performance was remarkable when you consider that she practised only two weeks before the race and never ran more than ten miles. She intended to enter the twelve-mile race if there were any more spaces, but that race had a full complement of runners. Nevertheless, she was the only one out of five racers over the age of fifty-five to run more than twenty miles.

Now, do the following steps:

• Highlight the sentence I am proud of my sister.
• Click the Copy button on the toolbar.
• Place the cursor below the second paragraph.
• Click the Paste button on the toolbar.

Your revised paragraphs should look like this:

I am proud of my sister.

My sister ran most twenty-four miles in the marathon race on Sunday. Her performance was remarkable when you consider that she practised only two weeks before the race and never ran more than ten miles. She intended to enter the twelve-mile race if there were any more spaces, but that race had a full complement of runners. Nevertheless, she was the only one out of five racers over the age of fifty-five to run more than twenty miles.

I am proud of my sister.