Is read a transitive verb

Answer 1

The word 'read' is a ditransitive verb, which means it can take two objects, one direct and one indirect. The direct and indirect objects can be in either order:

"He read [the instructions] to [her]."

"He read [her] [the instructions]."

In these examples, 'the instructions' is the direct object and 'her' is the indirect object.

One or the other object can be left out, when the meaning is clear from context:

"He read the instructions." (He read the instructions to someone, possibly himself)

"He read to her." (He read something to her)

The first of these last two examples resembles a transitive verb with a single object.

Answer 2

Wrote is the past tense of the verb to write, which is transitive, because you don't just write, you write something, such as, I wrote a letter.