text: what is the simple predicate and simple subject in these sentences? what is our final day of the semester?  there are many reasons to read the newspaper.  mr. smith should stop this nonsense and get a life. the third sentence has two predicates because it is a compound sentence.  you can separate them into two sentences...mr smith should stop this nonsense.  mr smith should get a life.  therefore the subject is mr. smith and the predicate is should stop and get.   day is the subject    is is the predicate  reasons is the subject   are is the predicate  mr smith is the subject  should stop and get is the predicate....that is a compound predicate because he  should do two things stop and get.    ask yourself who or what/  did (the verb or linking verb)