(Image is Zn + CuSO
4 Cu + ZnSO
4, then Zn
0 + Cu
2+ + SO
42- Cu
0 + Zn
2+ SO
42- in case it breaks, and for search assistance)
You can think of the sulfate ion perhaps as a "super-atom" that doesn't get changed in this reaction, or if you prefer you can split SO
42- further up into S
6+ + 4O
2-. Note that sulfur doesn't always have a -2 oxidation state (and is very unlikely to exist by itself as a 6+ ion.