[ubuntu] Copy / move files - help with wildcards please...

Hi,
I am having trouble copying or moving files from one directory to another using terminal and the cp or mv command.

I have a directory with a large number of assorted document files of various extensions. I am trying to copy files of extension *.txt and *.pdf to another directory. This is the command I am using:

$ cp /home/pat/t1/*.txt *.pdf /home/pat/t2/

where the originating directory is named t1 and the destination is t2. Note the spaces - *.txt[space]*.pdf[space]/.......

I am getting the message: cp: cannot stat '*pdf': No such file or directory.

I can list the files using the ls command and the files are definitely there.... I have tried rewriting the command but whichever extension I list secondly is the one rejected whether it be pdf or txt. If I try to copy (or move) the files using individual separate extensions one after the other I don't have a problem.

I have searched various solutions and I am unable to see my error. Can anyone help me with correct syntax please?

Many thanks.

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[ubuntu] Copy / move files - help with wildcards please...