ERROR: Object variable or with block not set - excel

I am trying to create macro for an assignment which does the following:
a) Formats the active cell as follows: font type Arial, font size 14, bold font and horizontally centered
b) Deletes the entire row below the active cell
c) Deletes column A regardless of the location of the active cell
However, there is an error thrown when the macro is passed into the grader, which says "Object variable or with block not set". Please refer to the generated VBA below for the steps I took to solve this.
Any help/advice will be greatly appreciated!
Sub FormatCells()
'
' FormatCells Macro
'
'
Application.CutCopyMode = False
With Selection.Font
.Name = "Arial"
.Size = 11
.Strikethrough = False
.Superscript = False
.Subscript = False
.OutlineFont = False
.Shadow = False
.Underline = xlUnderlineStyleNone
.ThemeColor = xlThemeColorLight1
.TintAndShade = 0
.ThemeFont = xlThemeFontNone
End With
With Selection.Font
.Name = "Arial"
.Size = 14
.Strikethrough = False
.Superscript = False
.Subscript = False
.OutlineFont = False
.Shadow = False
.Underline = xlUnderlineStyleNone
.ThemeColor = xlThemeColorLight1
.TintAndShade = 0
.ThemeFont = xlThemeFontNone
End With
Selection.Font.Bold = True
With Selection
.HorizontalAlignment = xlCenter
.VerticalAlignment = xlBottom
.WrapText = False
.Orientation = 0
.AddIndent = False
.IndentLevel = 0
.ShrinkToFit = False
.ReadingOrder = xlContext
.MergeCells = False
End With
ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Rows("1:1").EntireRow.Select
Selection.Delete Shift:=xlUp
Columns("A:A").Select
Selection.Delete Shift:=xlToLeft
End Sub

I revised your code, removing the unnecessary parts. I hope it solved your problem.
Sub FormatCells()
'a) Formats the active cell as follows: font type Arial, font size 14, bold font and horizontally centered
With ActiveCell.Font
.Name = "Arial"
.Size = 14
.Bold = True
End With
ActiveCell.HorizontalAlignment = xlCenter
'b) Deletes the entire row below the active cell
ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).EntireRow.Delete
'c) Deletes column A regardless of the location of the active cell
Columns("A:A").Delete
End Sub

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'
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'
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