How do I correctly insert a clip into the Timeline?

I have edited a clip in Sequence 2 and now wish to insert it into the Timeline and  the middle of my main movie in Sequence 1.
I copied the one in Sequence 2, opened Sequence 1,  and pasted.
The original movie on Track V1 moved to accommodate the new material, but none of the clips on v2 and v3 budged, throwing everything out of sync.
I could select all the tracks and slide them to the right before pasting, but that seems laborious and inexact.
I could find no previous post with precisely this question, nor could I locate an answer in Apple Help. Admittedly. my research, or my understanding of it, may be at fault.
As always, I would appreciate some help. Thank you.

My error.
Tom had answered this in a previous post and I had inadvertantly been using the wrong keys. Should of course, be Shift - V
Problem solved!

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