I had begun by tracing the Japanese characters with a pencil.
*begun is a past participle
The necessary ingredient specific to narrative presentations is option A. Good eye contact with the audience. The main goal of having a narrative presentation is to make people interested to listen to you as the speaker. A narrative presentation should have the essentials such as the focus and purpose of the information you are going to present.
Answer:
Active; People believe that he is the hero of the town.
Passive; People believe him to be the hero of the town
or
He is believed to be the hero of the town by the people.
Active They say that the man is a thief.
Passive; He is said to be a thief.