How to memorize the reactivity series easily? Is there any mnemonic for it?

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The reactivity series is the series of metals arranged in decreasing order of their reactivity.
The mnemonic to remember the reactivity series of metal is : Please send cats, monkeys and zebras in lovely happy cages made of silver, gold & platinum.

Please - potassium(k)
Send - sodium(Na)
Cats - calcium(Ca)
Monkeys - magnesium(Mg)
And - Aluminum(Al)
Zeebras - zinc(Zn)
In - iron(Fe)
Lovely - lead(Pb)
Happy - [hydrogen](H)
Cages - copper(Cu)
Made of - mercury(Hg)
Silver - silver(Ag)
Gold - gold(Au)
Platinum - Platinum(Pt)

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