Fill in the Blanks Comparatives and Superlatives Online version Complete the sentences by Allison Belalcazar Peña 1 faster seriously often better A consumer is a person who buys things , and a consumer society is a society that encourages people to buy and use goods . Some people think that a consumer society provides people with lives . People in consumer societies tend to live more comfortably . They eat a wider variety of food . They go to restaurants more . They also buy a lot of products , maybe more than they need . Products such as TVs , cell phones , and computers used to be luxuries . Today people can buy these things more easily than ever before . The market for these goods is growing all the time . Consumer societies encourage people to buy bigger and better products . For example , " smarter " phones come out every year . In a consumer society , people are often buying newer and more advanced products . This creates a lot of waste . Nowadays , many people are thinking more about the effects of consumer societies on the environment , and they are trying to become more responsible consumers .